Doyle, Sean, Jones, Gary W. and Dolan, Stephen K. (2018) Dysregulated gliotoxin biosynthesis attenuates the production of unrelated biosynthetic gene cluster-encoded metabolites in Aspergillus fumigatus. Fungal Biology, 122. pp. 214-221. ISSN 1878-6146
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Abstract
Gliotoxin is an epipolythiodioxopiperazine (ETP) class toxin, contains a disulfide bridge that mediates its
toxic effects via redox cycling and is produced by the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus.
The gliotoxin bis-thiomethyltransferase, GtmA, attenuates gliotoxin biosynthesis in A. fumigatus by
conversion of dithiol gliotoxin to bis-thiomethylgliotoxin (BmGT). Here we show that disruption of
dithiol gliotoxin bis-thiomethylation functionality in A. fumigatus results in significant remodelling of the
A. fumigatus secondary metabolome upon extended culture. RP-HPLC and LCeMS/MS analysis revealed
the reduced production of a plethora of unrelated biosynthetic gene cluster-encoded metabolites,
including pseurotin A, fumagillin, fumitremorgin C and tryprostatin B, occurs in A. fumigatus DgtmA upon
extended incubation. Parallel quantitative proteomic analysis of A. fumigatus wild-type and DgtmA during
extended culture revealed cognate abundance alteration of proteins encoded by relevant biosynthetic
gene clusters, allied to multiple alterations in hypoxia-related proteins. The data presented herein reveal
a previously concealed functionality of GtmA in facilitating the biosynthesis of other BGC-encoded
metabolites produced by A. fumigatus.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | BGC; Fungal proteomics; LC–MS; Metabolomics; Methyltransferase; NRPS; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology |
Item ID: | 12397 |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.12.007 |
Depositing User: | Dr. Sean Doyle |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2020 17:19 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Fungal Biology |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/12397 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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