RebG- and RebM-catalyzed indolocarbazole diversification

Changsheng Zhang, Christoph Albermann, Xun Fu, Noel R. Peters, John D. Chisholm, Guisheng Zhang, Eric J. Gilbert, Peng George Wang, David L. Van Vranken, Jon S. Thorson

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Abstract

Rebeccamycin and staurosporine represent two broad classes of indolocarbazole glycoside natural products with antitumor properties. Based upon previous sequence annotation and in vivo studies, rebG encodes for the rebeccamycin N-glucosyltransferase, and rebM for the requisite 4′-O-methyltransferase. In the current study, an efficient in vivo biotransformation system for RebG was established in both Streptomyces lividans and Escherichia coli. Bioconversion experiments revealed RebG to glucosylate a set of indolocarbazole surrogates, the products of which could be further modified by in vitro RebM-catalyzed 4′-O-methylation. Both RebG and RebM displayed substrate promiscuity, and evidence for a remarkable lack of RebG regioselectivity in the presence of asymmetric substrates is also provided. In the context of the created indolocarbazole analogues, cytotoxicity assays also highlight the importance of 4′-O-methylotion for their biological activity.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)795-804
Number of pages10
JournalChemBioChem
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Biosynthesis
  • Glycosylation
  • Methylation
  • Rebeccamycin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry

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