Claims
- 1. An isolated recombinant nucleic acid compound that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding at least a domain of an epothilone polyketide synthase (PKS) protein and/or encoding a functional region of an epothilone modification enzyme.
- 2. The nucleic acid of claim 1, wherein said domain is selected from the group consisting of a loading domain, a thioesterase domain, an NRPS, an AT domain, a KS domain, an ACP domain, a KR domain, a DH domain, and an ER domain, a methyl transferase domain and a functional oxidase domain.
- 3. The nucleic acid of claim 2 that comprises the coding sequence of an epoA gene, and/or
the coding sequence of an epoB gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoC gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoD gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoE gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoF gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoK gene, and/or the coding sequence of an epoL gene.
- 4. The nucleic acid of claims 3 that further comprises a promoter positioned to transcribe said encoding nucleotide sequence in host cells in which said promoter is operable.
- 5. The nucleic acid of claim 4, wherein said promoter is a promoter from a Sorangium gene, or
from a Myxococcus gene, or from a Streptomyces gene, or from an epothilone PKS gene, or from a pilA gene, or from an actinorhodin PKS gene.
- 6. The nucleic acid of any of claims 4 that is a recombinant DNA expression vector.
- 7. Host cells which contain the nucleic acid of claim 4.
- 8. The cells of claim 7 which are Sorangium cells, or
Myxococcus cells, or Pseudomonas cells, or Streptomyces cells.
- 9. A method to produce a polyketide which method comprises culturing the cells of claim 7 under conditions wherein the encoding nucleotide sequence is expressed to obtain a functional PKS.
- 10. A recombinant Sorangium cellulosum host cell that contains a mutated gene for an epothilone PKS protein or epothilone modification enzyme, wherein said mutated gene was inserted in whole or in part into genomic DNA of said cell by homologous recombination with a recombinant vector comprising all or a part of an epothilone PKS gene or epothilone modification gene.
- 11. The recombinant host cell of claim 10 that
makes epothilone C or D but not A or B due to a mutation inactivating or deleting an epoK gene, or makes epothilone A or C but not B or D due to a mutation in epoD altering module 4 AT domain specificity, or makes epothilone B or D but not A or C due to a mutation in epoD altering module 4 AT domain specificity, or makes epothilone C but not epothilone A, B or D due to a mutation in epoD altering module 4 AT domain specificity and a mutation in epoK, or makes epothilone D but not epothilone A, B or C due to a mutation in epoD altering module 4 AT domain specificity and a mutation in epoK.
- 12. Recombinant Streptomyces or Myxococcus host cells that express an epothilone PKS gene or an epothilone modification enzyme gene, optionally comprising one or more of said epothilone PKS or modification enzyme genes integrated into their chromosomal DNA and/or one or more of said epothilone PKS or modification enzyme genes on an extrachromosomal expression vector.
- 13. The host cells of claim 12 that are S. coelicolor CH999.
- 14. A method to produce an epothilone or epothilone derivative which comprises culturing the cells of claims 12.
- 15. A modified fimctional epothilone PKS wherein said modification comprises at least one of:
replacement of at least one AT domain with an AT domain of different specificity; inactivation of the NRPS-like module 1 or of the KS2 catalytic domain; inactivation of at least one activity in at least one β-carbonyl modification domain; addition of at least one of KR, DH and ER activity in at least one β-carbonyl modification domain; and replacement of the NRPS module 1 with an NRPS of different specificity.
- 16. The modified PKS of claim 15 contained in a cell or contained in a cell-free system, wherein said cell or system contains additional enzymes for modification of the product of said epothilone PKS.
- 17. The modified PKS of claim 16 wherein said modifying enzymes comprise at least one of a methyltransferase, an oxidase or a glycosylation enzyme.
- 18. A method to prepare an epothilone derivative which method comprises providing substrates including extender units to the modified PKS of claim 15.
- 19. A modified functional epothilone PKS wherein said modification comprises inactivation of the NRPS of module 1 or the KS2 of module 2 thereof.
- 20. A method to make an epothilone derivative which method comprises contacting the modified PKS of claim 19 with a module 2 substrate or a module 3 substrate and extender units.
- 21. Recombinant host cells which comprise the modified PKS of claim 15.
- 22. The cells of claim 21 that produce an epothilone derivative selected from the group consisting of 16-desmethyl epothilones, 14-methyl epothilones, 11-hydroxyl epothilones, 10-methyl epothilones, 8,9-anhydro epothilones, 9-hydroxyl epothilones, 9-keto epothilones, 8-desmethyl epothilones, and 6-desmethyl epothilones.
- 23. A compound selected from the group consisting of 16-desmethyl epothilones, 14-methyl epothilones, 11-hydroxyl epothilones, 10-methyl epothilones, 8,9-anhydro epothilones, 9-hydroxyl epothilones, 9-keto epothilones, 8-desmethyl epothilones, and 6-desmethyl epothilones.
- 24. A recombinant PKS enzyme that comprises one or more domains, modules, or proteins of a non-epothilone PKS and one or more domains, modules, or proteins of an epothilone PKS, and/or contains a loading domain that comprises a KSQ domain.
- 25. The PKS enzyme of claim 24, wherein
said PKS comprises a DEBS loading domain and 5 modules of DEBS and an NRPS of the epothilone PKS, wherein said PKS comprises all of a non-epothilone PKS with an MT domain of the epothilone PKS
- 26. A compound of the formula:
- 27. A compound of the formula
- 28. A recombinant vector selected from the group consisting of pKOS35-70.8A3, pKOS35-70.1A2, pKOS35-70.4, pKOS35-79.85, pKOS039-124R, and pKOS039-126R.
- 29. The nucleic acid of claim 3 that comprises the coding sequence of an epoA gene.
- 30. The nucleic acid of claim 29 that comprises bases 1998 to 6263 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
- 31. The nucleic acid of claim 3 that comprises the coding sequence of an epoB gene.
- 32. The nucleic acid of claim 31 that comprises bases 6260 and 10,493 of SEQ ID NO: 2.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/724,878, filed 28 Nov. 2000, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/443,501, filed 19 Nov. 1999, issued as U.S. Pat. No.6,303,342, which claims benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. Nos. 60/130,560, filed 22 Apr. 1999; 60/122,620, filed 3 Mar. 1999; 60/119,386, filed 10 Feb. 1999; and 60/109,401, filed 20 Nov. 1998, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.
REFERENCE TO GOVERNMENT FUNDING
[0002] This invention was supported in part by SBIR grant 1R43-CA79228-01. The U.S. government has certain rights in this invention.
Provisional Applications (4)
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60130560 |
Apr 1999 |
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60122620 |
Mar 1999 |
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60119386 |
Feb 1999 |
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60109401 |
Nov 1998 |
US |
Continuations (2)
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Nov 2000 |
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09443501 |
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09724878 |
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