Mandy B Hulst, Le Zhang, Helga U van der Heul, Chao Du, Somayah S Elsayed, Arina Koroleva, Thadee Grocholski, Dennis P A Wander, Mikko Metsä-Ketelä, Jacques J C Neefjes, Gilles P van Wezel
Introduction: Daunorubicin and doxorubicin, two anthracycline polyketides produced by S. peucetius , are potent anticancer agents that are widely used in chemotherapy, despite severe side effects. Recent advances have highlighted the potential of producing improved derivatives with reduced side effects by incorporating l-rhodosamine, the N,N -dimethyl analogue of the native amino sugar moiety. Method: In this study, we aimed to produce N,N -dimethylated anthracyclines by engineering the doxorubicin biosynthetic pathway in the industrial Streptomyces peucetius strain G001...
2024: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology