title: Studies on the Biosynthesis of the Fungal Metabolite Oudenone. 2. Synthesis and Enzymatic Cyclization of an alpha-Diketone, Open-Chain Precursor into Oudenone in Cultures of Oudemansiella radicata.
abstract: The alpha-diketone 4 was shown to be the open-chain biosynthetic precursor of the fungal metabolite oudenone (1a and 1b). Intact incorporation of 4 into 1 was achieved upon incubation of a (2)H-labeled, N-acetylcysteamine thioester derivative of 4 with growing cultures of Oudemansiella radicata. A biosynthetic scheme for the formation of the hexaketide 4 and its enzymatic cyclization into oudenone (1), consistent with the experimental data, is described. The proposed mechanism for the cyclization of 4 to 1 is analogous to the "polyepoxide cascade" model, which has been previously implicated in the biosynthesis of polyether antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8, Canada, Department of Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., Bio-Méga Research Division, Laval, Quebec H7S 2G5, Canada, and Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada.
authors.forename: Youla S.
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tsantrizos
authors.forename: Xianshu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McClory