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Critical analysis of polycyclic tetramate macrolactam biosynthetic gene cluster phylogeny and functional diversity.
Harper, Christopher P; Day, Anna; Tsingos, Maya; Ding, Edward; Zeng, Elizabeth; Stumpf, Spencer D; Qi, Yunci; Robinson, Adam; Greif, Jennifer; Blodgett, Joshua A V.
Afiliação
  • Harper CP; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Day A; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Tsingos M; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Ding E; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Zeng E; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Stumpf SD; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Qi Y; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Robinson A; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Greif J; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
  • Blodgett JAV; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Appl Environ Microbiol ; 90(6): e0060024, 2024 Jun 18.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38771054
ABSTRACT
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are bioactive natural products commonly associated with certain actinobacterial and proteobacterial lineages. These molecules have been the subject of numerous structure-activity investigations since the 1970s. New members continue to be pursued in wild and engineered bacterial strains, and advances in PTM biosynthesis suggest their outwardly simplistic biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) belie unexpected product complexity. To address the origins of this complexity and understand its influence on PTM discovery, we engaged in a combination of bioinformatics to systematically classify PTM BGCs and PTM-targeted metabolomics to compare the products of select BGC types. By comparing groups of producers and BGC mutants, we exposed knowledge gaps that complicate bioinformatics-driven product predictions. In sum, we provide new insights into the evolution of PTM BGCs while systematically accounting for the PTMs discovered thus far. The combined computational and metabologenomic findings presented here should prove useful for guiding future discovery.IMPORTANCEPolycyclic tetramate macrolactam (PTM) pathways are frequently found within the genomes of biotechnologically important bacteria, including Streptomyces and Lysobacter spp. Their molecular products are typically bioactive, having substantial agricultural and therapeutic interest. Leveraging bacterial genomics for the discovery of new related molecules is thus desirable, but drawing accurate structural predictions from bioinformatics alone remains challenging. This difficulty stems from a combination of previously underappreciated biosynthetic complexity and remaining knowledge gaps, compounded by a stream of yet-uncharacterized PTM biosynthetic loci gleaned from recently sequenced bacterial genomes. We engaged in the following study to create a useful framework for cataloging historic PTM clusters, identifying new cluster variations, and tracing evolutionary paths for these molecules. Our data suggest new PTM chemistry remains discoverable in nature. However, our metabolomic and mutational analyses emphasize the practical limitations of genomics-based discovery by exposing hidden complexity.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Filogenia / Família Multigênica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Filogenia / Família Multigênica Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2024 Tipo de documento: Article