Mangicol-type sesterterpenoids possess potent anti-inflammatory activity,characterized by a 5-5-6-5tetracyclic carbon skeleton formed by mangicdiene synthase Fg MS.Two proposed mechanisms for mangicdiene formation inv...Mangicol-type sesterterpenoids possess potent anti-inflammatory activity,characterized by a 5-5-6-5tetracyclic carbon skeleton formed by mangicdiene synthase Fg MS.Two proposed mechanisms for mangicdiene formation involve either C6-C10 cyclization(path a) or C2-C10 cyclization(path b) after the C10carbocation formation,but neither has been experimentally validated.Here,we have identified a second mangicdiene synthase Man D,which is derived from Fusarium sp.JNU-XJ070152-01 and shares high amino acid sequence identity with Fg MS.Through heterologous expression of man D in Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1,we observed production not only of mangicdiene(1) and variecoltetraene(2),previously identified by expression of Fg MS in Escherichia coli,but also two novel sesterterpene skeletons fusadiene(3)and fusatriene(4).The identification of fusadiene and fusatriene supports the occurrence of two key carbocation intermediates in path b,thus experimentally confirming that mangicdiene is built via path b for the first time,consistent with previous density functional theory(DFT) calculation results.展开更多
基金financially supported by grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No.2024YFE0102000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.81925037,82321004,U22A20371,U24A20782,32170060,22177037,22207039,22307045)+6 种基金the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research (No.2023B0303000026)the Guangdong Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholars (No.2022B1515020028,China)the Guangdong International Science and Technology Cooperation Base (No.2021A0505020015,China)the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Nos.2023B1515040016,2023A1515110388)the Innovative and Research Teams Project of Guangdong Higher Education Institution (No.2021KCXTD001,China)the Guangzhou Science and Technology Project (Nos.202206010020,2024A04J6241,2023A04J0080,China)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos.21623105,21624210)。
文摘Mangicol-type sesterterpenoids possess potent anti-inflammatory activity,characterized by a 5-5-6-5tetracyclic carbon skeleton formed by mangicdiene synthase Fg MS.Two proposed mechanisms for mangicdiene formation involve either C6-C10 cyclization(path a) or C2-C10 cyclization(path b) after the C10carbocation formation,but neither has been experimentally validated.Here,we have identified a second mangicdiene synthase Man D,which is derived from Fusarium sp.JNU-XJ070152-01 and shares high amino acid sequence identity with Fg MS.Through heterologous expression of man D in Aspergillus oryzae NSAR1,we observed production not only of mangicdiene(1) and variecoltetraene(2),previously identified by expression of Fg MS in Escherichia coli,but also two novel sesterterpene skeletons fusadiene(3)and fusatriene(4).The identification of fusadiene and fusatriene supports the occurrence of two key carbocation intermediates in path b,thus experimentally confirming that mangicdiene is built via path b for the first time,consistent with previous density functional theory(DFT) calculation results.
