Luminmycins A–C, Cryptic Natural Products from <i>Photorhabdus luminescens</i> Identified by Heterologous Expression in <i>Escherichia coli</i>
作者:Xiaoying Bian、Alberto Plaza、Youming Zhang、Rolf Müller
DOI:10.1021/np300444e
日期:2012.9.28
The 18 kb "silent" luminmycin biosynthetic pathway from Photorhabdus luminescens was cloned into a vector by using the newly established linear-linear homologous recombination and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli. Luminmycins A-C (1-3) were isolated from the heterologous host, and their structures were elucidated using 2D NMR spectroscopy and HRESIMS. Luminmycin A is a deoxy derivative of the previously reported glidobactin A, while luminmycins B and C most likely represent its acyclic biosynthetic intermediates. Compound 1 showed cytotoxicity against the human colon carcinoma HCT-116 cell line with an IC50 value of 91.8 nM, while acyclic 2 was inactive at concentrations as high as 100 mu g/mL.