Genome Mining of Cinnamoyl-Containing Nonribosomal Peptide Gene Clusters Directs the Production of Malacinnamycin

Org Lett. 2024 Feb 2;26(4):971-976. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00052. Epub 2024 Jan 24.

Abstract

Cinnamoyl-containing nonribosomal peptides (CCNPs) constitute a unique family of actinobacterial secondary metabolites that display a broad spectrum of biological activities. Here, we present a genome mining approach targeting cyclase and is isomerase to discover new CCNPs, which led to the identification of 207 putative CCNP gene clusters from public bacterial genome databases. After strain prioritization, a novel class of CCNP-type glycopeptides named malacinnamycin was identified. A plausible biosynthetic pathway for malacinnamycin was deduced by bioinformatics analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosynthetic Pathways / genetics
  • Cinnamates / chemistry
  • Computational Biology*
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • Multigene Family
  • Peptides*

Substances

  • Peptides
  • Cinnamates