Genome mining discovery of aquimarinols, threoninol-containing acylpeptides from Aquimarina muelleri
摘要
Thioester reductase domain in nonribosomal peptide synthetases catalyzes reductive offloading to produce aldehyde- or alcohol-containing peptides. By genome mining focusing on thioester reductase domains, we isolated aquimarinols A-D, four novel polyketide-peptide hybrid metabolites isolated from the sponge-derived strain Aquimarina muelleri LMG 22569. Structural elucidation of aquimarinols revealed a β-formamidated fatty acid (FA) moiety and a threoninol unit linked by a peptide bond or an ester bond. The biosynthesis of aquimarinols is proposed to proceed via a hybrid trans-AT polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase pathway coupled with modification enzymes.