IP Library Granted Patent US 11,946,086
Granted Patent B2
US 11,946,086 · App. 17/549,492 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Gene involved in synthesis of cyclic peptide compound, method for producing cyclic peptide compound using the same, and transformant comprising the same

Inventors: Takashi Kubo (Sapporo, JP); Masayuki Machida (Sapporo, JP); Maiko Umemura (Sapporo, JP); Keietsu Abe (Sendai, JP); Akira Yoshimi (Sendai, JP); Tomonori Fujioka (Tokyo, JP); Shigenari Yamaguchi (Tokyo, JP); Kiyoshi Kawai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY; KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
C12P21/02C07K7/64C12N15/80A61K38/10
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Patent No.
US 11,946,086
App. No.
17/549,492
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention is intended to identify a gene cluster involved in biosynthesis of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species and to establish a system for synthesizing such cyclic peptide compound. The gene is composed of a first module to a tenth module and encodes a protein having activity of synthesizing a nonribosomal peptide constituting a basic peptide backbone of a cyclic peptide compound produced by a filamentous fungus of the Curvularia species.

Claims (41)

1. A transformant into which the gene involved in the synthesis of a cyclic peptide compound has been introduced, wherein the gene encodes a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) having nonribosomal peptide synthase activity comprising, successively from the N terminus, the modules described below:

a first module comprising successively from the N terminus a first adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and a first peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2;

a second module comprising successively from the N terminus a first condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, a second adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a second peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5;

a third module comprising successively from the N terminus a second condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, a third adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, a first N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8, and a third peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9;

a fourth module comprising successively from the N terminus a third condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10, a fourth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11, and a fourth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 12 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 12;

a fifth module comprising successively from the N terminus a fourth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13, a fifth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 14, a second N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 15 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 15, and a fifth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 16 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 16;

a sixth module comprising successively from the N terminus a fifth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17, a sixth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 18 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 18, a third N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19, and a sixth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20;

a seventh module comprising successively from the N terminus a sixth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, a seventh adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 22 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, a fourth N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 23 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, and a seventh peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 24 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 24;

an eighth module comprising successively from the N terminus a seventh condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25, an eighth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26, and an eighth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27;

a ninth module comprising successively from the N terminus an eighth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28, a ninth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 29 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 29, a fifth N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 30 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 30, and a ninth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 31 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 31; and

a tenth module comprising successively from the N terminus a ninth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 32 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 32, a tenth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 33 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 33, a tenth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 34 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 34, and a tenth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 35 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 35;

wherein the transformant is not a Curvularia sp.

2. The transformant according to claim 1 , wherein the transformant is further transformed with the following genes [1], [2], [3], [6] and [7] among genes [1] to [7] below:

[1] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 41 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 41;

[2] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 43 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 43;

[3] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 45 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 45;

[4] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 47;

[5] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 49 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 49;

[6] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 51 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 51; and

[7] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 53 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 53.

3. The transformant according to claim 1 , which is Aspergillus oryzae.

4. A transformant into which a heterologous gene involved in the synthesis of a cyclic peptide compound has been introduced, wherein said heterologous gene encodes a nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) having nonribosomal peptide synthase activity comprising, successively from the N terminus, the modules described below:

a first module comprising successively from the N terminus a first adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and a first peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2;

a second module comprising successively from the N terminus a first condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, a second adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a second peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5;

a third module comprising successively from the N terminus a second condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6, a third adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7, a first N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8, and a third peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9;

a fourth module comprising successively from the N terminus a third condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10, a fourth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11, and a fourth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 12 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 12;

a fifth module comprising successively from the N terminus a fourth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13, a fifth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 14, a second N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 15 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 15, and a fifth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 16 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 16;

a sixth module comprising successively from the N terminus a fifth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17, a sixth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 18 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 18, a third N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19, and a sixth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 20;

a seventh module comprising successively from the N terminus a sixth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21, a seventh adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 22 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 22, a fourth N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 23 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 23, and a seventh peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 24 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 24;

an eighth module comprising successively from the N terminus a seventh condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25, an eighth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 26, and an eighth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27;

a ninth module comprising successively from the N terminus an eighth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 28, a ninth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 29 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 29, a fifth N-methyl transferase domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 30 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 30, and a ninth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 31 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 31; and

a tenth module comprising successively from the N terminus a ninth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 32 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 32, a tenth adenylation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 33 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 33, a tenth peptidyl carrier protein domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 34 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 34, and a tenth condensation domain comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 35 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 35;

wherein the transformant is not a Curvularia sp.

5. The transformant according to claim 4 , wherein the transformant is further transformed with the following genes [1], [2], [3], [6] and [7] among genes [1] to [7] below:

[1] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 41 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 41;

[2] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 43 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 43;

[3] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 45 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 45;

[4] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 47 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 47;

[5] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 49 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 49;

[6] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 51 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 51; and

[7] a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 53 or an amino acid sequence having 90% or higher identity to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 53.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2023
From: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
To: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY; KUMIAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
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JP 2017-000770 · Jan 5, 2017 · national
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