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Erratum: Isolation of a metabolite from the pks island provides insights into colibactin biosynthesis and activity (Organic Letters (2015) 17:6 (1545-1548) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00432)
Brotherton, Carolyn A.,Wilson, Matthew,Byrd, Gary,Balskus, Emily P.
, p. 2294 - 2294 (2015)
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Comparative metabolomics and structural characterizations illuminate colibactin pathway-dependent small molecules
Vizcaino, Maria I.,Engel, Philipp,Trautman, Eric,Crawford, Jason M.
, p. 9244 - 9247 (2014/07/21)
The gene cluster responsible for synthesis of the unknown molecule colibactin has been identified in mutualistic and pathogenic Escherichia coli. The pathway endows its producer with a long-term persistence phenotype in the human bowel, a probiotic activity used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, and a carcinogenic activity under host inflammatory conditions. To date, functional small molecules from this pathway have not been reported. Here we implemented a comparative metabolomics and targeted structural network analyses approach to identify a catalog of small molecules dependent on the colibactin pathway from the meningitis isolate E. coli IHE3034 and the probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917. The structures of 10 pathway-dependent small molecules are proposed based on structural characterizations and network relationships. The network will provide a roadmap for the structural and functional elucidation of a variety of other small molecules encoded by the pathway. From the characterized small molecule set, in vitro bacterial growth inhibitory and mammalian CNS receptor antagonist activities are presented.