Semi-synthesis of a DNA-Tagged Polyketide-Peptide Hybrid Macrocycle Using a Biosynthetically Prepared Fungal Macrolide as a Synthetic Component

Soya Koremura; Akihiro Sugawara; Yohei Morishita; Taro Ozaki; Teigo Asai
Org. Lett., 2024, 26(42), 9151–9156
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03588

Abstract

Presented herein is a synthetic biological method using genome mining and heterologous expression systems that provides access to natural products with desirable structural features as building blocks. In this investigation, we synthesized polyketide-peptide hybrid macrocycles with DNA tags, which have the potential to access a DNA-encoded library containing over one million compounds. This study demonstrates that synthetic biology offers a tool for expanding the diversity of building blocks, facilitating the exploration of unexplored chemical space.

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