Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi — Agnieszka J. Szwalbe (2018) | RDL Network
Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi
Article 2018 en
Authors
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Agnieszka J. Szwalbe
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Katherine Williams
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Zhongshu Song
Abstract
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Two new dihydroxy-xanthone metabolites, agnestins A and B, were isolated from <i>Paecilomyces variotii</i> along with a number of related benzophenones and xanthones including monodictyphenone. The structures were elucidated by NMR analyses and X-ray crystallography. The agnestin (<i>agn</i>) biosynthetic gene cluster was identified and targeted gene disruptions of the PKS, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, and other oxido-reductase genes revealed new details of fungal xanthone biosynthesis. In particular, identification of a reductase responsible for <i>in vivo</i> anthraquinone to anthrol conversion confirms a previously postulated essential step in aromatic deoxygenation of anthraquinones, <i>e.g.</i> emodin to chrysophanol.
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