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Production of the Bengamide Class of Marine Natural Products in Myxobacteria: Biosynthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships.
Wenzel, Silke C Hoffmann, Holger Zhang, Jidong Debussche, Laurent Haag-Richter, Sabine Kurz, Michael Nardi, Frederico Lukat, Peer Kochems, Irene Tietgen, Heiko
Wenzel, Silke C
Hoffmann, Holger
Zhang, Jidong
Debussche, Laurent
Haag-Richter, Sabine
Kurz, Michael
Nardi, Frederico
Lukat, Peer
Kochems, Irene
Tietgen, Heiko
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2015-12-14
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The bengamides, sponge-derived natural products that have been characterized as inhibitors of methionine aminopeptidases (MetAPs), have been intensively investigated as anticancer compounds. We embarked on a multidisciplinary project to supply bengamides by fermentation of the terrestrial myxobacterium M. virescens, decipher their biosynthesis, and optimize their properties as drug leads. The characterization of the biosynthetic pathway revealed that bacterial resistance to bengamides is conferred by Leu 154 of the myxobacterial MetAP protein, and enabled transfer of the entire gene cluster into the more suitable production host M. xanthus DK1622. A combination of semisynthesis of microbially derived bengamides and total synthesis resulted in an optimized derivative that combined high cellular potency in the nanomolar range with high metabolic stability, which translated to an improved half-life in mice and antitumor efficacy in a melanoma mouse model.
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Production of the Bengamide Class of Marine Natural Products in Myxobacteria: Biosynthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships. 2015, 54 (51):15560-4 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl.
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1521-3773