title: The boat-shaped polyketide resistoflavin results from re-facial central hydroxylation of the discoid metabolite resistomycin.
abstract: Resistoflavin (1) is a rare boat-shaped pentacyclic polyketide metabolite of Streptomyces resistomycificus with marked antibacterial activity. By a series of experiments we have disclosed that the optically active molecule is derived from the discoid polyketide resistomycin (2) by an unusual, enantioface-differentiating hydroxylation, which leads to the capped pentacyclic ring system. In vivo and in vitro experiments unequivocally demonstrate that this reaction is catalyzed by RemO, an FAD-dependent monooxygenase. In addition, we were able to establish the absolute configuration of 1 and thus the stereochemical course of this rare enzymatic reaction by extensive computational methods. Comparison of the experimental CD spectrum with those quantum chemically calculated for (R)-1 and (S)-1 revealed the R-configuration of 1. Consequently, the enzyme-catalyzed hydroxylation takes place from the Re-face of 2 with loss of aromaticity in favor of a chiral carbinol center. While other oxygenases involved in polyketide tailoring functionalize the periphery of polyphenols, RemO is unique in its ability to catalyze a central, nonperipheral hydroxylation of a fused ring system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Beutenbergstrasse 11a, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maksimenka
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fritzsche
authors.forename: Kirstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scherlach
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bringmann
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hertweck
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D017931:DNA Primers; D006900:Hydroxylation; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D017931:DNA Primers; C018379:resistomycin; C012531:resistoflavin