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Discovery and characterization of a terpene biosynthetic pathway featuring a norbornene-forming Diels-Alderase.


ABSTRACT: Pericyclases, enzymes that catalyze pericyclic reactions, form an expanding family of enzymes that have biocatalytic utility. Despite the increasing number of pericyclases discovered, the Diels-Alder cyclization between a cyclopentadiene and an olefinic dienophile to form norbornene, which is among the best-studied cycloadditions in synthetic chemistry, has surprisingly no enzymatic counterpart to date. Here we report the discovery of a pathway featuring a norbornene synthase SdnG for the biosynthesis of sordaricin-the terpene precursor of antifungal natural product sordarin. Full reconstitution of sordaricin biosynthesis reveals a concise oxidative strategy used by Nature to transform an entirely hydrocarbon precursor into the highly functionalized substrate of SdnG for intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition. SdnG generates the norbornene core of sordaricin and accelerates this reaction to suppress host-mediated redox modifications of the activated dienophile. Findings from this work expand the scopes of pericyclase-catalyzed reactions and P450-mediated terpene maturation.

SUBMITTER: Sun Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9095873 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Discovery and characterization of a terpene biosynthetic pathway featuring a norbornene-forming Diels-Alderase.

Sun Zuodong Z   Jamieson Cooper S CS   Ohashi Masao M   Houk K N KN   Tang Yi Y  

Nature communications 20220511 1


Pericyclases, enzymes that catalyze pericyclic reactions, form an expanding family of enzymes that have biocatalytic utility. Despite the increasing number of pericyclases discovered, the Diels-Alder cyclization between a cyclopentadiene and an olefinic dienophile to form norbornene, which is among the best-studied cycloadditions in synthetic chemistry, has surprisingly no enzymatic counterpart to date. Here we report the discovery of a pathway featuring a norbornene synthase SdnG for the biosyn  ...[more]

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