State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Oct 15;51(42):10532-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201204109. Epub 2012 Sep 17.
Resistance is (not) futile: The yatakemycin biosynthetic gene cluster involves the ytkR2 gene, which encodes a protein with homology to a recently discovered bacterial DNA glycosylase. Genetic validation in vivo, biochemical assays, and in vitro mutagenesis studies revealed that YtkR2 confers resistance for the bacteria by specifically recognizing and cleaving the YTM-modified base (see scheme).
雅他霉素生物合成基因簇涉及 ytkR2 基因,该基因编码与最近发现的细菌 DNA 糖苷酶具有同源性的蛋白质。体内遗传验证、生化分析和体外诱变研究表明,YtkR2 通过特异性识别和切割 YTM 修饰碱基赋予细菌抗性(见方案)。