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Biocatalytic Total Synthesis of Ikarugamycin
Author(s) -
Greunke Christian,
Glöckle Anna,
Antosch Janine,
Gulder Tobias A. M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201611063
Subject(s) - carbon fibers , biochemical engineering , total synthesis , chemistry , biocatalysis , nanotechnology , organic molecules , molecule , combinatorial chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , catalysis , reaction mechanism , composite number , engineering , composite material
Nature provides an inexhaustible diversity of small organic molecules with beautiful molecular architectures that have strong and selective inhibitory activities. However, this tremendous biomedical potential often remains inaccessible, as the structural complexity of natural products can render their synthetic preparation extremely challenging. This problem is addressable by harnessing the biocatalytic procedures evolved by nature. In this work, we present an enzymatic total synthesis of ikarugamycin. The use of an iterative PKS/NRPS machinery and two reductases has allowed the construction of 15 carbon–carbon and 2 carbon–nitrogen bonds in a biocatalytic one‐pot reaction. By scaling‐up this method we demonstrate the applicability of biocatalytic approaches for the ex vivo synthesis of complex natural products.