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A dual role for a polyketide synthase in dynemicin enediyne and anthraquinone biosynthesis. 2018

Douglas R Cohen, and Craig A Townsend

Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Dynemicin A is a member of a subfamily of enediyne antitumour antibiotics characterized by a 10-membered carbocycle fused to an anthraquinone, both of polyketide origin. Sequencing of the dynemicin biosynthetic gene cluster in Micromonospora chersina previously identified an enediyne polyketide synthase (PKS), but no anthraquinone PKS, suggesting gene(s) for biosynthesis of the latter were distant from the core dynemicin cluster. To identify these gene(s), we sequenced and analysed the genome of M. chersina. Sequencing produced a short list of putative PKS candidates, yet CRISPR-Cas9 mutants of each locus retained dynemicin production. Subsequently, deletion of two cytochromes P450 in the dynemicin cluster suggested that the dynemicin enediyne PKS, DynE8, may biosynthesize the anthraquinone. Together with 18O-labelling studies, we now present evidence that DynE8 produces the core scaffolds of both the enediyne and anthraquinone, and provide a working model to account for their formation from the programmed octaketide of the enediyne PKS.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008847	Micromonospora	A genus of gram-positive bacteria that forms a branched mycelium. It commonly occurs as a saprophytic form in soil and aquatic environments.	Micromonospora echinospora
D008968	Molecular Conformation	The characteristic three-dimensional shape of a molecule.	Molecular Configuration,3D Molecular Structure,Configuration, Molecular,Molecular Structure, Three Dimensional,Three Dimensional Molecular Structure,3D Molecular Structures,Configurations, Molecular,Conformation, Molecular,Conformations, Molecular,Molecular Configurations,Molecular Conformations,Molecular Structure, 3D,Molecular Structures, 3D,Structure, 3D Molecular,Structures, 3D Molecular
D000880	Anthraquinones	Compounds based on ANTHRACENES which contain two KETONES in any position. Substitutions can be in any position except on the ketone groups.	Anthracenedione,Anthracenediones,Anthranoid,Anthraquinone,Anthraquinone Compound,Anthraquinone Derivative,Dianthraquinones,Dianthrones,Anthranoids,Anthraquinone Compounds,Anthraquinone Derivatives,Compound, Anthraquinone,Derivative, Anthraquinone
D048630	Polyketide Synthases	Large enzyme complexes composed of a number of component enzymes that are found in STREPTOMYCES which biosynthesize MACROLIDES and other polyketides.	Polyketide Synthase,6-Deoxyerythronolide-B Synthase,Epothilone Polyketide Synthase,Erythromycin Polyketide Synthase,Griseusin Polyketide Synthase,Niddamycin Polyketide Synthase,Polyketide Synthase L1,Polyketide Synthase WA,Rifamycin Polyketide Synthase,Sterigmatocystin Polyketide Synthase,Type I Polyketide Synthase,Type II Polyketide Beta-Ketoacyl Synthase,Urdamycin Polyketide Synthase,WdPKS1 Protein,WhiE Polyketide Synthase,6 Deoxyerythronolide B Synthase,Polyketide Synthase, Epothilone,Polyketide Synthase, Erythromycin,Polyketide Synthase, Griseusin,Polyketide Synthase, Niddamycin,Polyketide Synthase, Rifamycin,Polyketide Synthase, Sterigmatocystin,Polyketide Synthase, Urdamycin,Polyketide Synthase, WhiE,Protein, WdPKS1,Synthase L1, Polyketide,Synthase WA, Polyketide,Synthase, 6-Deoxyerythronolide-B,Synthase, Epothilone Polyketide,Synthase, Erythromycin Polyketide,Synthase, Griseusin Polyketide,Synthase, Niddamycin Polyketide,Synthase, Polyketide,Synthase, Rifamycin Polyketide,Synthase, Sterigmatocystin Polyketide,Synthase, Urdamycin Polyketide,Synthase, WhiE Polyketide,Synthases, Polyketide,Type II Polyketide Beta Ketoacyl Synthase
D053281	Enediynes	Compounds with triple bonds to each side of a double bond. Many of these are CYTOTOXINS and are researched for use as CYTOTOXIC ANTIBIOTICS.	Enediyne Group