Myxobacteria of the Cystobacterineae Suborder Are Producers of New Vitamin K2 Derived Myxoquinones

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Abstract

Vitamin K is an essential, lipid soluble vitamin that plays an important role in the human blood coagulation cascade as well as in the life cycle of bacteria and plants. In this study, we report the isolation and structure elucidation of unprecedented polyhydroxylated menaquinone variants named myxoquinones that are produced by myxobacteria and structurally belong to the Vitamin K family. We analyze the occurrence of myxoquinones across an LC‐MS data collection from myxo-bacterial extracts and shed light on the distribution of myxoquinone‐type biosynthetic gene clusters among publicly available myxobacterial genomes. Our findings indicate that myxoquinones are specifically produced by strains of the Cystobacterineae suborder within myxobacteria. Furthermore, bioinformatic analysis of the matching gene clusters allowed us to propose a biosynthetic model for myxoquinone formation. Due to their increased water‐solubility, the myxoquinones could be a suit-able starting point for the development of a better bioavailable treatment of vitamin K deficiency.

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Panter, F., Popoff, A., Garcia, R., Krug, D., & Müller, R. (2022). Myxobacteria of the Cystobacterineae Suborder Are Producers of New Vitamin K2 Derived Myxoquinones. Microorganisms, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10030534

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