Analysis of the Catalytic Mechanism of Bifunctional Triterpene/Sesquarterpene Cyclase: Tyr167 Functions To Terminate Cyclization of Squalene at the Bicyclic Step
作者:Liudmila Tenkovskaia、Mizuki Murakami、Kotone Okuno、Daijiro Ueda、Tsutomu Sato
DOI:10.1002/cbic.201700329
日期:2017.10.5
(bifunctional C30/C35 terpene cyclase) is analyzed for the first time by using mutant enzymes. The mutant enzyme Y167A produces tricyclic triterpene from C30 squalene. The bulk size at the Y167 position is significant for termination of the cyclization of squalene at the bicyclic step.
大小问题:使用突变酶首次分析了类癌合酶(双功能C 30 / C 35萜烯环化酶)的催化机理。突变酶Y167A从C 30角鲨烯生产三环三萜。在Y167位置的体积对于在双环步骤终止角鲨烯的环化是重要的。
Cyclization of Squalene from Both Termini: Identification of an Onoceroid Synthase and Enzymatic Synthesis of Ambrein
作者:Daijiro Ueda、Tsutomu Hoshino、Tsutomu Sato
DOI:10.1021/ja4107226
日期:2013.12.11
The onoceroids are triterpenoids biosynthesized from squalene or (3S)-2,3-oxidosqualene by cyclization from both termini. We recently revealed that tetraprenyl-beta-curcumene cyclase from Bacillus megaterium (BmeTC) is a bifunctional triterpene/sesquarterpene cyclase that converts head-to-tail tetraprenyl-beta-curcumene and tail-to-tail squalene into pentacyclic and bicyclic products, respectively, in vivo. Here, we reveal that BmeTC has an unprecedented catalytic function in cyclizing squalene from both termini and is the first onoceroid synthase. We also report the first onoceroids from bacterial origin. Our discoveries suggest that symmetric and asymmetric onoceroids could be biosynthesized by a single enzyme via an intermediate cyclized at one terminus of squalene. Furthermore, the new function of BmeTC enabled the synthesis of (+)-ambrein, a major constituent of ambergris that is difficult to obtain naturally, via a mutated squalene-hopene cyclase-catalyzed reaction from easily available squalene.
Bioinspired synthesis of pentacyclic onocerane triterpenoids
作者:Florian Bartels、Young J. Hong、Daijiro Ueda、Manuela Weber、Tsutomu Sato、Dean J. Tantillo、Mathias Christmann
DOI:10.1039/c7sc03903d
日期:——
The first chemical synthesis of pentacyclic onocerane triterpenoids has been achieved. A putative biomimetic tricyclization cascade is employed to forge a fused decalin-/oxepane ring system. The synthetic route proceeds to (+)-cupacinoxepin in seven steps and to (+)-onoceranoxide in eight steps in the longest linear sequence, when starting from geranyl chloride and (+)-sclareolide. The bioinspired