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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 126, Issue 12, Pages 3837-3844Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja039336+
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Asukamycin (2), a metabolite of Streptomyces nodosus ssp. asukaensis ATCC 29757 and a member of the manumycin family of antibiotics, is assembled from three components, an upper polyketide chain initiated by cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, a lower polyketide chain initiated by the novel starter unit, 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid (3,4-AHBA), and a cyclized 5-aminolevulinic acid moiety, 2-amino-3-hydroxycyclopent-2-enone (C5N unit). To shed light on the order in which these components are assembled, we synthesized in labeled form various potential intermediates and evaluated their incorporation into 2. The assembly of the molecular framework of 2 from 3,4-AHBA and cyclohexanecarboxylic acid apparently does not involve free, unactivated intermediates. However, protoasukamycin (12), the total synthesis of which is reported, was efficiently converted into 2, demonstrating that the modification of the aromatic ring to the epoxyquinol structure is the terminal step in the biosynthesis. The results suggest that the two polyketide chains are synthesized separately and that the upper' chain must be connected to the lower' polyketide chain before the C5N unit.
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