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Nikkomycins and polyoxins are antifungal peptidylnucleoside antibiotics active against human and plant pathogens. Here we report that during peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis in Streptomyces cacaoi and S. tendae, the C5′ extension of the nucleoside essential for downstream structural diversification is catalyzed by a conserved radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) enzyme, PolH or NikJ. This is distinct from the nucleophilic mechanism reported for antibacterial nucleosides and represents a new mechanism of nucleoside natural product biosynthesis.
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We thank G.R. Dubay for assistance with the MS measurements. We thank A.A. Ribeiro at the Duke NMR center for the assistance in collecting NMR data. This work was supported by the Duke University Medical Center and National Institute of General Medical Sciences R01 GM115729 (to K.Y.). EPR spectrometer was supported by an Institutional Development Grant (ID 2014-IDG-1017) from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
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K.Y. conceived the project. K.Y. and E.A.L. designed the experiments. E.A.L. performed the experiments. K.Y. and E.A.L. analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.
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Lilla, E., Yokoyama, K. Carbon extension in peptidylnucleoside biosynthesis by radical SAM enzymes. Nat Chem Biol 12, 905–907 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.2187
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