Co-reporter:Dr. Hülya Aldemir; Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie 2017 Volume 129(Issue 44) pp:13756-13758
Publication Date(Web):2017/10/23
DOI:10.1002/ange.201708456
Tail-Me: Die N-Methylierung von Amidbindungen im Rückgrat von Peptidnaturstoffen war nur für nicht-ribosomale Peptide bekannt. Ein neuartiger Methylierungsmechanismus überträgt dieses Strukturmerkmal nun in die Welt der ribosomalen Peptide und erweitert so die Strukturvielfalt ribosomal synthetisierter, posttranslational modifizierter Peptide (RiPPs) signifikant.
Co-reporter:Anna Sib; Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017 Volume 56(Issue 42) pp:12888-12891
Publication Date(Web):2017/10/09
DOI:10.1002/anie.201705976
AbstractNatural products are a virtually inexhaustible source of small molecules with spectacular molecular architectures and biomedical potential. Their structural complexity generates formidable challenges to total synthesis but often also precludes time- and resource-efficient, stereoselective synthetic access. Biosynthetically, nature frequently uses dimerization and oligomerization reactions to produce highly challenging frameworks from simple starting materials. Impressive examples are the bisorbicillinoids, a family of fungal natural products thought to originate from the polyketide precursor sorbicillin. Utilizing the recombinant oxidoreductase SorbC from the sorbicillin biosynthetic gene cluster, a robust, fully stereoselective synthesis of bisorbicillinoid natural products and unnatural side-chain analogues was developed.
Co-reporter:Anna Sib; Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie 2017 Volume 129(Issue 42) pp:13068-13071
Publication Date(Web):2017/10/09
DOI:10.1002/ange.201705976
AbstractNatural products are a virtually inexhaustible source of small molecules with spectacular molecular architectures and biomedical potential. Their structural complexity generates formidable challenges to total synthesis but often also precludes time- and resource-efficient, stereoselective synthetic access. Biosynthetically, nature frequently uses dimerization and oligomerization reactions to produce highly challenging frameworks from simple starting materials. Impressive examples are the bisorbicillinoids, a family of fungal natural products thought to originate from the polyketide precursor sorbicillin. Utilizing the recombinant oxidoreductase SorbC from the sorbicillin biosynthetic gene cluster, a robust, fully stereoselective synthesis of bisorbicillinoid natural products and unnatural side-chain analogues was developed.
Co-reporter:M.Sc. Jana Kundert ;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie 2016 Volume 128( Issue 3) pp:868-870
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/ange.201510402
Co-reporter:M.Sc. Jana Kundert ;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016 Volume 55( Issue 3) pp:858-860
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/anie.201510402
Co-reporter:Christian Greunke, Janine Antosch and Tobias A. M. Gulder
Chemical Communications 2015 vol. 51(Issue 25) pp:5334-5336
Publication Date(Web):20 Feb 2015
DOI:10.1039/C5CC00843C
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are a structurally, biomedically and biosynthetically intriguing class of bacterial metabolites. By combining parts of the machineries of different PTM biosynthetic pathways, we demonstrate for the first time the substrate promiscuity of a class of PTM tailoring enzymes, thereby facilitating the (bio)synthesis of butremycin.
Co-reporter:Hülya Aldemir ; Stefanie V. Kohlhepp ; Tanja Gulder ;Tobias A. M. Gulder
Journal of Natural Products 2014 Volume 77(Issue 11) pp:2331-2334
Publication Date(Web):November 17, 2014
DOI:10.1021/np500643g
Fluorine-containing natural products are extremely rare. The recent report on the isolation and biological activity of the bacterial secondary metabolite 3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-fluorophenyl)propionic acid was thus highly remarkable. The compound contained the first aromatic fluorine substituent known to date in any natural product. The promise to discover an enzyme capable of aromatic fluorination in the producing strain Streptomyces sp. TC1 prompted our immediate interest. A close inspection of the originally reported analytical data of the fluoro metabolite revealed inconsistencies that triggered us to validate the reported structure. The results of these efforts are presented in this communication.
Co-reporter:M.Sc. Janine Antosch;Dipl.-Chem. Françoise Schaefers;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014 Volume 53( Issue 11) pp:3011-3014
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/anie.201310641
Abstract
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are a family of biomedically promising natural products with challenging molecular frameworks. Despite these interesting properties, so far only relatively little is known about the biosynthetic origin of PTMs, in particular concerning the mechanism by which their ring systems are formed. Herein we present the first insights into these processes by using the biosynthesis of ikarugamycin as an example. This has been facilitated by the first heterologous expression of a PTM biosynthetic gene cluster in Escherichia coli. With this approach it will not only become possible to mechanistically investigate already known PTM biosynthetic pathways in more detail in the future, but also to interrogate cryptic PTM biosynthetic pathways chemically and biochemically.
Co-reporter:Dipl.-Chem. Hülya Aldemir;Dipl.-Biol. René Richarz;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014 Volume 53( Issue 32) pp:8286-8293
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/anie.201401075
Abstract
The catalytic and selective construction of carbon–carbon bonds for the generation of complex molecules is one of the most important tasks in organic chemistry. This was clearly highlighted by the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was awarded for the development of Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. The underlying concept of cross-linking building blocks to generate molecular complexity can also be widely found in natural product biosynthesis. Impressive examples for such natural cross-coupling reactions are biosynthetic processes for the assembly of biaryl moieties in natural products—highly efficient enzymatic reactions that often achieve synthetically yet unmatched selectivities. This Minireview highlights selected examples that showcase these fascinating biotransformations.
Co-reporter:Dr. Tanja Gulder;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014 Volume 53( Issue 36) pp:9418-9420
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DOI:10.1002/anie.201406309
Co-reporter:M.Sc. Janine Antosch;Dipl.-Chem. Françoise Schaefers;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie 2014 Volume 126( Issue 11) pp:3055-3058
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/ange.201310641
Abstract
Polycyclische Tetramat-Makrolactame (PTM) bilden eine Familie biomedizinisch vielversprechender Naturstoffe mit anspruchsvollen Molekülstrukturen. Trotz dieser interessanten Eigenschaften der PTMs ist bislang relativ wenig über ihren biosynthetischen Ursprung bekannt, insbesondere bezüglich der Mechanismen der Ausbildung der Ringsysteme. Hier liefern wir erste Einblicke in diese Prozesse am Beispiel der Biosynthese des Ikarugamycins. Dies gelingt durch erstmalige heterologe Expression eines PTM-Biosynthesegenclusters in Escherichia coli. Mit diesem Verfahren wird es in Zukunft nicht nur möglich sein, bereits bekannte PTM-Biosynthesegencluster mechanistisch genauer zu untersuchen, sondern auch durch Genom-Mining identifizierte, chemisch bislang unerschlossene PTM-Biosynthesewege chemisch und biochemisch eingehend zu beschreiben.
Co-reporter:Dipl.-Chem. Hülya Aldemir;Dipl.-Biol. René Richarz;Dr. Tobias A. M. Gulder
Angewandte Chemie 2014 Volume 126( Issue 32) pp:8426-8433
Publication Date(Web):
DOI:10.1002/ange.201401075
Abstract
Die katalytische und selektive Bildung von C-C-Bindungen für den Aufbau komplexer Moleküle ist eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben in der organischen Chemie. Dies wurde 2010 durch den Nobelpreis in Chemie für die Entwicklung Pd-katalysierter Kupplungsreaktionen deutlich hervorgehoben. Das Prinzip der Kreuzkupplung von Bausteinen zum Aufbau komplexer Moleküle kann auch in der Naturstoffbiosynthese häufig gefunden werden. Beeindruckende Beispiele für solche natürliche Kupplungsreaktionen stellen biosynthetische Prozesse für den Aufbau von Biaryleinheiten in Naturstoffen dar – hoch effiziente enzymatische Reaktionen, die oft bis dato in Synthesen noch nicht erreichte Selektivitäten erzielen. Dieser Kurzaufsatz stellt ausgewählte Beispiele vor, die diese faszinierenden Biotransformationen illustrieren.
Co-reporter:Christian Greunke, Janine Antosch and Tobias A. M. Gulder
Chemical Communications 2015 - vol. 51(Issue 25) pp:NaN5336-5336
Publication Date(Web):2015/02/20
DOI:10.1039/C5CC00843C
Polycyclic tetramate macrolactams (PTMs) are a structurally, biomedically and biosynthetically intriguing class of bacterial metabolites. By combining parts of the machineries of different PTM biosynthetic pathways, we demonstrate for the first time the substrate promiscuity of a class of PTM tailoring enzymes, thereby facilitating the (bio)synthesis of butremycin.