Enzymatic formation of unnatural novel polyketide scaffolds by plant-specific type III polyketide synthase
作者:She-Po Shi、Hiroyuki Morita、Kiyofumi Wanibuchi、Hiroshi Noguchi、Ikuro Abe
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.02.170
日期:2009.5
The catalytic potential of octaketicle synthase (OKS), a plant-specific type III polyketide synthase (PKS) from Aloe arborescens, was investigated by phenylacetyl-CoA and benzoyl-CoA as starter substrates. As a result, a novel C-16 pentaketide coumarin was produced from phenylacetyl-CoA, whereas benzoyl-CoA was not a good substrate of OKS. Remarkably, a structure-guided OKS N222G mutant dramatically extended the product chain length to yield four novel polyketides including C-22 aromatic octaketides from the C-6-C-2 phenylacetyl starter, as well as a novel C-19 heptaketide benzophenone from the C-6-C-1 benzoyl starter. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.