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Breaking the regioselectivity of indole prenyltransferases: identification of regular C3-prenylated hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indoles as side products of the regular C2-prenyltransferase FtmPT1.

The prenyltransferase FtmPT1 from Aspergillus fumigatus is involved in the biosynthesis of fumitremorgin-type alkaloids and catalysed the regular C2- prenylation of brevianamide F (cyclo-L-Trp-L-Pro). It has been shown that FtmPT1 also accepted a number of other tryptophan-containing cyclic dipeptides and prenylated them, in the presence of dimethylallyl diphosphate, at C-2 of the indole nucleus. Detailed analysis of the incubation mixtures of FtmPT1 with these cyclic dipeptides revealed the presence of additional product peaks in the HPLC chromatograms. Seven regularly C3-prenylated hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indoles were isolated and identified by HR-ESI-MS and NMR analyses including HMBC, HMQC and NOESY experiments. Further experiments proved that the C2- and C3-prenylated products are both independent enzyme products. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the enzymatic formation of regularly C3-prenylated indolines. A reaction mechanism for both C2- and C3-prenylated derivatives was proposed.

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