201. Enzyme-Catalyzed Inverse-Electron Demand Diels-Alder Reaction in the Biosynthesis of Antifungal Ilicicolin H.
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Zhang Z, Jamieson CS, Zhao YL, Li D, Ohashi M, Houk KN, and Tang Y
- Subjects
- Antifungal Agents chemistry, Benzaldehydes chemistry, Cycloaddition Reaction, Electron Transport, Models, Molecular, Molecular Conformation, Antifungal Agents chemical synthesis, Benzaldehydes chemical synthesis, Biocatalysis, Enzymes metabolism
- Abstract
The pericyclases are a growing superfamily of enzymes that catalyze pericyclic reactions. We report a pericyclase IccD catalyzing an inverse-electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) reaction with a rate acceleration of 3 × 10
5 -fold in the biosynthesis of fungal natural product ilicicolin H. We demonstrate IccD is highly periselective toward the IEDDA cycloaddition over a competing normal electron demand Diels-Alder (NEDDA) reaction from an ambimodal transition state. A predicted flavoenzyme IccE was identified to epimerize the IEDDA product 8- epi-ilicicolin H to ilicicolin H, a step that is critical for the observed antifungal activity of ilicicolin H. Our results reveal the ilicicolin H biosynthetic pathway and add to the collection of pericyclic reactions that are catalyzed by pericyclases.- Published
- 2019
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