Native and Engineered Clifednamide Biosynthesis in Multiple Streptomyces spp.

Yunci Qi, Edward Ding, Joshua A.V. Blodgett

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Abstract

Polycyclic tetramate macrolactam (PTM) natural products are produced by actinomycetes and other bacteria. PTMs are often bioactive, and the simplicity of their biosynthetic clusters make them attractive for bioengineering. Clifednamide-type PTMs from Streptomyces sp. strain JV178 contain a distinctive ketone group, suggesting the existence of a novel PTM oxidizing enzyme. Here, we report the new cytochrome P450 enzyme (CftA) is required for clifednamide production. Genome mining was used to identify several new clifednamide producers, some having improved clifednamide yields. Using a parallel synthetic biology approach, CftA isozymes were used to engineer the ikarugamycin pathway of Streptomyces sp. strain NRRL F-2890 to yield clifednamides. Further, we observed that strong CftA expression leads to the production of a new PTM, clifednamide C. We demonstrate the utility of both genome mining and synthetic biology to rapidly increase clifednamide production.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)357-362
Number of pages6
JournalACS synthetic biology
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 16 2018

Keywords

  • cytochrome P450
  • genome mining
  • metabolic engineering
  • natural products
  • polycyclic tetramate macrolactams
  • Streptomyces

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