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Genetic and biochemical evidence for redundant pathways leading to mycosporine-like amino acid biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae ITEP-024

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Author(s):
Geraldes, Vanessa [1] ; de Medeiros, Livia Soman [2] ; Lima, Stella T. [3] ; Alvarenga, Danillo Oliveira [3, 4] ; Gacesa, Ranko [5] ; Long, Paul F. [1, 5] ; Fiore, Marli Fatima [3] ; Pinto, Ernani [1, 3]
Total Authors: 8
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Pharmaceut Sci, BR-05508000 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Dept Chem, BR-04021001 Diadema, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Nucl Energy Agr, Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[4] Univ Helsinki, Dept Microbiol, Helsinki 00100 - Finland
[5] Kings Coll London, Fac Life Sci & Med, Inst Pharmaceut Sci, London WC2R 2LS - England
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: ALGAE; v. 35, n. 2, p. 177-187, JUN 2020.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

Cyanobacteria have been widely reported to produce a variety of UV-absorbing mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs). Herein, we reported production of the unusual MAA, mycosporine-glycine-alanine (MGA) in the cyanobacterium Sphaerospermopsis torques-reginae ITEP-024 using a newly developed UHPLC-DAD-MS/HRMS (ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-high resolution tandem mass spectrometry) method. MGA had previously been first identified in a red-algae, but S. torques-reginae strain ITEP-024 is the first cyanobacteria to be reported as an MGA producer. Herein, the chemical structure of MGA is fully elucidated from one-dimensional / two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance and HRMS data analyses. MAAs are unusually produced constitutively in S. torques-reginae ITEP-024, and this production was further enhanced following UV-irradiance. It has been proposed that MAA biosynthesis proceeds in cyanobacteria from the pentose phosphate pathway intermediate sedoheptulose 7-phosphate. Annotation of a gene cluster encoded in the genome sequence of S. torques-reginae ITEP-024 supports these gene products could catalyse the biosynthesis of MAAs. However, addition of glyphosate to cultures of S. torques-reginae ITEP-024 abolished constitutive and ultra-violet radiation induced production of MGA, shinorine and porphyra-334. This finding supports involvement of the shikimic acid pathway in the biosynthesis of MAAs by this species. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 14/50420-9 - Secondary metabolites from aquatic microrganisms and their impact on seafood and freshwater fish aquaculture
Grantee:Ernani Pinto Junior
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 15/22742-4 - Identification of new bioactive secondary metabolites from microalgae by integrated analytical approaches
Grantee:Lívia Soman de Medeiros
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
FAPESP's process: 18/01563-2 - Investigating the secondary metabolism of Brasilonema (Cyanobacteria: Scytonemataceae)
Grantee:Danillo Oliveira de Alvarenga
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor