The biosynthesis of the anti-microbial diterpenoid leubethanol in Leucophyllum frutescens proceeds via an all-cis prenyl intermediate
| Autor: | Wajid Waheed Bhat, Emily R. Lanier, Björn Hamberger, Garret P. Miller, Sean R. Johnson, Davis T. Mathieu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Neoprene food.ingredient Stereochemistry Scrophulariaceae cytochrome P450 Plant Science terpene biosynthesis 01 natural sciences Plant Roots Article 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound food Biosynthesis Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System Eremophila Plant Polyisoprenyl Phosphates Transferases Tobacco Genetics Escherichia coli Plastid Plant Proteins leubethanol Alkyl and Aryl Transferases biology anti-microbial Eremophila all-cis prenyl diphosphate Cell Biology Eremophila serrulata biology.organism_classification Plants Genetically Modified Terpenoid 030104 developmental biology chemistry Leucophyllum frutescens Diterpene Diterpenes 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology |
| ISSN: | 1365-313X 0960-7412 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY Serrulatane diterpenoids are natural products found in plants from a subset of genera within the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae). Many of these compounds have been characterized as having anti-microbial properties and share a common diterpene backbone. One example, leubethanol from Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens) has demonstrated activity against multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. Leubethanol is the only serrulatane diterpenoid identified from this genus; however, a range of such compounds have been found throughout the closely related Eremophila genus. Despite their potential therapeutic relevance, the biosynthesis of serrulatane diterpenoids has not been previously reported. Here we leverage the simple product profile and high accumulation of leubethanol in the roots of L. frutescens and compare tissue-specific transcriptomes with existing data from Eremophila serrulata to decipher the biosynthesis of leubethanol. A short-chain cis-prenyl transferase (LfCPT1) first produces the rare diterpene precursor nerylneryl diphosphate, which is cyclized by an unusual plastidial terpene synthase (LfTPS1) into the characteristic serrulatane diterpene backbone. Final conversion to leubethanol is catalyzed by a cytochrome P450 (CYP71D616) of the CYP71 clan. This pathway documents the presence of a short-chain cis-prenyl diphosphate synthase, previously only found in Solanaceae, which is likely involved in the biosynthesis of other known diterpene backbones in Eremophila. LfTPS1 represents neofunctionalization of a compartment-switching terpene synthase accepting a novel substrate in the plastid. Biosynthetic access to leubethanol will enable pathway discovery to more complex serrulatane diterpenoids which share this common starting structure and provide a platform for the production and diversification of this class of promising anti-microbial therapeutics in heterologous systems. |
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