文摘
The 18 kb 鈥渟ilent鈥?luminmycin biosynthetic pathway from Photorhabdus luminescens was cloned into a vector by using the newly established linear鈥搇inear homologous recombination and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli. Luminmycins A鈥揅 (1鈥?b>3) were isolated from the heterologous host, and their structures were elucidated using 2D NMR spectroscopy and HRESIMS. Luminmycin A is a deoxy derivative of the previously reported glidobactin A, while luminmycins B and C most likely represent its acyclic biosynthetic intermediates. Compound 1 showed cytotoxicity against the human colon carcinoma HCT-116 cell line with an IC50 value of 91.8 nM, while acyclic 2 was inactive at concentrations as high as 100 渭g/mL.