代谢
颤藻PCC 6506等蓝藻产生的阿纳托克辛-a和同阿纳托克辛-a是强效的神经毒素。该菌株的基因组测序正在进行中,并且已经识别出了一个包含被称为ks2 t的序列的29 kb DNA片段,此前已经显示这个序列对产生阿纳托克辛-a和同阿纳托克辛-a的颤藻蓝藻具有特异性。对这29 kb片段的生物信息学分析揭示了一个基因簇,并对其进行了注释。从anaA到anaH的八个连续基因产物的功能为阿纳托克辛-a和同阿纳托克辛-a的生物合成提供了线索。脯氨酸首先被装载到酰基载体蛋白上,其五元环被氧化到吡咯啉氧化态。这个活化的环然后依次装载到三个聚酮合酶模块上,进行延长、还原、环化和甲基化。最后一步是硫酯的水解和随后的脱羧。使用标记前体由PCC 6506产生的同阿纳托克辛-a的GC-MS和NMR分析证实,脯氨酸很可能是这些聚酮合酶的起始物质。特定的PCR扩增显示,在产生阿纳托克辛-a和同阿纳托克辛-a的蓝藻基因组中,anaC、anaE、anaF和anaG基因总是存在,而在不产生毒株的基因组中则不存在。带有组氨酸标签的AnaC被纯化到均质,并显示能催化脯氨酸装载到之前通过使用枯草杆菌Sfp磷脂酰转移酶转化为其全酶形式的带有组氨酸标签的AnaD上。所有这些数据都提供了强有力的证据,证明了颤藻PCC 6506中负责产生阿纳托克辛-a和同阿纳托克辛-a的基因簇已经被识别。
Anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a are potent neurotoxins produced by cyanobacteria such as Oscillatoria PCC 6506. Sequencing of the genome of this strain is underway, and ... a 29 kb DNA fragment containing a sequence called ks2 t... previously shown to be specific to Oscillatoria cyanobacteria producing anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a /was identified/. Bioinformatic analysis of this 29 kb fragment revealed a cluster of genes, which were annotated. The function assigned to the products of eight contiguous genes, from anaA to anaH, provides a clue to the biosynthesis of anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a. Proline is first loaded on an acyl carrier protein and its five-membered cycle oxidized to the pyrroline oxidation state. This activated ring is then successively loaded on three polyketide synthase modules for elongation, reduction, cyclization, and methylation. The final step is the hydrolysis of the thioester with subsequent decarboxylation. GC-MS and NMR analyses of homoanatoxin-a produced by PCC 6506 using labeled precursors confirm that proline is very likely the starter of these polyketide synthases. ... Specific PCR amplifications ... showed that the anaC, anaE, anaF, and anaG genes are always present in the genome of cyanobacteria producing anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a and absent in nonproducing strains. Histidine-tagged AnaC was purified to homogeneity and showed to catalyze the loading of proline on purified histidine-tagged AnaD that had been previously transformed into its holo form using the Bacillus subtilis Sfp phosphopantetheinyl transferase. All of these data provide strong evidence that ... the gene cluster responsible for the production of anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a in Oscillatoria PCC 6506 /has been identified/.
来源:Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)