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- Title
Identification of the Scopularide Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Scopulariopsis brevicaulis.
- Authors
Lukassen, Mie Bech; Saei, Wagma; Sondergaard, Teis Esben; Tamminen, Anu; Kumar, Abhishek; Kempken, Frank; Wiebe, Marilyn G.; Sørensen, Jens Laurids
- Abstract
Scopularide A is a promising potent anticancer lipopeptide isolated from a marine derived Scopulariopsis brevicaulis strain. The compound consists of a reduced carbon chain (3-hydroxy-methyldecanoyl) attached to five amino acids (glycine, L-valine, D-leucine, L-alanine, and L-phenylalanine). Using the newly sequenced S. brevicaulis genome we were able to identify the putative biosynthetic gene cluster using genetic information from the structurally related emericellamide A from Aspergillus nidulans and W493-B from Fusarium pseudograminearum. The scopularide A gene cluster includes a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS1), a polyketide synthase (PKS2), a CoA ligase, an acyltransferase, and a transcription factor. Homologous recombination was low in S. brevicaulis so the local transcription factor was integrated randomly under a constitutive promoter, which led to a three to four-fold increase in scopularide A production. This indirectly verifies the identity of the proposed biosynthetic gene cluster.
- Subjects
MARINE fungi; BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; TRANSCRIPTION factors
- Publication
Marine Drugs, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 7, p4331
- ISSN
1660-3397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/md13074331