Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk
Fungal natural products (NPs) usually possess complicated structures, exhibit satisfactory bioactivities, and are an outstanding source of drug leads, such as the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin and the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolic acid. The fungal NPs biosynthetic genes are always arran...
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| author | Guangzhi Dai Qiyao Shen Youming Zhang Xiaoying Bian |
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| description | Fungal natural products (NPs) usually possess complicated structures, exhibit satisfactory bioactivities, and are an outstanding source of drug leads, such as the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin and the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolic acid. The fungal NPs biosynthetic genes are always arranged within one single biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC). However, a rare but fascinating phenomenon that a crosstalk between two separate BGCs is indispensable to some fungal dimeric NPs biosynthesis has attracted increasing attention. The hybridization of two separate BGCs not only increases the structural complexity and chemical diversity of fungal NPs, but also expands the scope of bioactivities. More importantly, the underlying mechanism for this hybridization process is poorly understood and needs further exploration, especially the determination of BGCs for each building block construction and the identification of enzyme(s) catalyzing the two biosynthetic precursors coupling processes such as Diels–Alder cycloaddition and Michael addition. In this review, we summarized the fungal NPs produced by functional crosstalk of two discrete BGCs, and highlighted their biosynthetic processes, which might shed new light on genome mining for fungal NPs with unprecedented frameworks, and provide valuable insights into the investigation of mysterious biosynthetic mechanisms of fungal dimeric NPs which are constructed by collaboration of two separate BGCs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3cc8795915c4ebabe2b3f3c9d6e44652023-11-30T21:05:49ZengMDPI AGJournal of Fungi2309-608X2022-03-018332010.3390/jof8030320Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway CrosstalkGuangzhi Dai0Qiyao Shen1Youming Zhang2Xiaoying Bian3Helmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaHelmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaHelmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaHelmholtz International Lab for Anti-Infectives, Shandong University-Helmholtz Institute of Biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, ChinaFungal natural products (NPs) usually possess complicated structures, exhibit satisfactory bioactivities, and are an outstanding source of drug leads, such as the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin and the immunosuppressive drug mycophenolic acid. The fungal NPs biosynthetic genes are always arranged within one single biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC). However, a rare but fascinating phenomenon that a crosstalk between two separate BGCs is indispensable to some fungal dimeric NPs biosynthesis has attracted increasing attention. The hybridization of two separate BGCs not only increases the structural complexity and chemical diversity of fungal NPs, but also expands the scope of bioactivities. More importantly, the underlying mechanism for this hybridization process is poorly understood and needs further exploration, especially the determination of BGCs for each building block construction and the identification of enzyme(s) catalyzing the two biosynthetic precursors coupling processes such as Diels–Alder cycloaddition and Michael addition. In this review, we summarized the fungal NPs produced by functional crosstalk of two discrete BGCs, and highlighted their biosynthetic processes, which might shed new light on genome mining for fungal NPs with unprecedented frameworks, and provide valuable insights into the investigation of mysterious biosynthetic mechanisms of fungal dimeric NPs which are constructed by collaboration of two separate BGCs.https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/3/320biosynthetic pathway crosstalknatural productbiosynthetic gene clusterpolyketidefungibioactivity |
| spellingShingle | Guangzhi Dai Qiyao Shen Youming Zhang Xiaoying Bian Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk Journal of Fungi biosynthetic pathway crosstalk natural product biosynthetic gene cluster polyketide fungi bioactivity |
| title | Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk |
| title_full | Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk |
| title_fullStr | Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk |
| title_short | Biosynthesis of Fungal Natural Products Involving Two Separate Pathway Crosstalk |
| title_sort | biosynthesis of fungal natural products involving two separate pathway crosstalk |
| topic | biosynthetic pathway crosstalk natural product biosynthetic gene cluster polyketide fungi bioactivity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/8/3/320 |
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