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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Bottromycins are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural product antibiotics that are effective against high-priority human pathogens such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The total synthesis of bottromycins involves at least 17 steps, with a poor overall yield. Here, we report the characterization of the cytochrome P450 enzyme BotCYP from a bottromycin biosynthetic gene cluster. We determined the structure of a close BotCYP homolog and used our data to conduct the first large-scale survey of P450 enzymes associated with RiPP biosynthetic gene clusters. We demonstrate that BotCYP converts a C-terminal thiazoline to a thiazole via an oxidative decarboxylation reaction and provides stereochemical resolution for the pathway. Our data enable the two-pot in vitro production of the bottromycin core scaffold and may allow the rapid generation of bottromycin analogues for compound development.

Characterization of the Stereoselective P450 Enzyme BotCYP Enables the In Vitro Biosynthesis of the Bottromycin Core Scaffold.,Adam S, Franz L, Milhim M, Bernhardt R, Kalinina OV, Koehnke J J Am Chem Soc. 2020 Dec 9;142(49):20560-20565. doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c10361. Epub, 2020 Nov 28. PMID:33249843^[1]

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