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Chemoproteomics reveals the epoxidase enzyme for the biosynthesis of camptothecin in Ophiorrhiza pumila

Tong Zhang1,2, Yan Wang1, Shiwen Wu1, Ernuo Tian1,2, Chengshuai Yang1, Zhihua Zhou1,2, Xing Yan1,2* and Pingping Wang1*   

  1. 1. CAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular, Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    *Correspondences: Xing Yan (yanxing@cemps.ac.cn);Pingping Wang (ppwang@cemps.ac.cn, Dr. Wang is fully responsible for the distributions of all materials associated with this article).
  • Received:2023-08-16 Accepted:2023-12-10 Online:2024-01-18

Abstract: Camptothecin is one of the most commonly used anticancer drugs worldwide, yet the downstream biosynthetic route from strictosidine to camptothecin has remained unclear for more than half a century. Here, we searched for proteins involved in camptothecin biosynthesis from the camptothecin-producing plant Ophiorrhiza pumila by chemoproteomics and identified OpCYP716E111. Exogenously expressing OpCYP716E111 in Nicotiana benthamiana and yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) led to the production of strictosamide epoxide 2 from strictosamide 1. Our findings thus reveal the enzyme responsible for the biosynthesis of strictosamide epoxide in the camptothecin biosynthetic pathway. In addition, our results highlight the potential of using chemoproteomics as a tool for discovering enzymes involved in natural product biosynthesis.

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