The azinomycins are potent antitumor agents produced by the soil bacterium Streptomyces sahachiroi and contain a novel aziridino[1,2-a]pyrrolidine core; its synthesis involves at least 14 steps. This study reports the first reconstitution of N-acetylglutamine semialdehyde formation by two enzymes encoded in the azinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster. The reaction proceeds through the formation of an acylphosphate and establishes N-acetyl-glutamyl 5-phosphate and N-acetylglutamine semialdehyde as intermediates in the complex biosynthesis of the aziridino[1,2-a]pyrrolidine moiety.
                                    阿齐霉素是由土壤细菌Streptomyces sahachiroi产生的强效
抗肿瘤药物,含有新型
氮丙啶[1,2-a]
吡咯烷核心,其合成至少涉及14个步骤。本研究首次报道了由
阿齐霉素生物合成
基因簇编码的两个酶对N-乙酰谷
氨酰胺半醛形成的
重组。该反应通过形成酰基
磷酸,并建立N-乙酰谷
氨酰5-
磷酸和N-乙酰谷
氨酰胺半醛作为
氮丙啶[1,2-a]
吡咯烷部分复杂
生物合成的中间体。