Issue 1, 2014

Discovery of a family of γ-aminobutyrate ureas via rational derepression of a silent bacterial gene cluster

Abstract

Gaburedins, a family of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA)-derived ureas, have been discovered by deletion of gbnR, an arpA-like putative transcriptional repressor in Streptomyces venezuelae ATCC 10712. Comparison of metabolite profiles in the wild type and mutant strains revealed six metabolites in the mutant that are lacking from the wild type. The structure of gaburedin A was established by HRMS combined with 1- and 2-D NMR spectroscopy and was confirmed by total synthesis. The other metabolites were confirmed as congeners using HRMS, MS/MS and feeding of putative biosynthetic precursors. Two genes, gbnA and gbnB, are proposed to be involved in gaburedin biosynthesis. Consistent with this hypothesis, deletion of gbnB in the gbnR mutant abolished gaburedin production. This is the first report to disclose the discovery of novel natural products via rational deletion of a putative pathway-specific regulatory gene.

Graphical abstract: Discovery of a family of γ-aminobutyrate ureas via rational derepression of a silent bacterial gene cluster

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Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
09 Sep 2013
Accepted
30 Oct 2013
First published
30 Oct 2013
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2014,5, 86-89

Discovery of a family of γ-aminobutyrate ureas via rational derepression of a silent bacterial gene cluster

J. D. Sidda, L. Song, V. Poon, M. Al-Bassam, O. Lazos, M. J. Buttner, G. L. Challis and C. Corre, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 86 DOI: 10.1039/C3SC52536H

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