Characterization of TnmH as an O-Methyltransferase Revealing Insights into Tiancimycin Biosynthesis and Enabling a Biocatalytic Strategy To Prepare Antibody–Tiancimycin Conjugates

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2020.0

Abstract

The enediynes are among the most cytotoxic molecules known, and their use as anticancer drugs has been successfully demonstrated by targeted delivery. Clinical advancement of the anthraquinone-fused enediynes has been hindered by their low titers and lack of functional groups to enable the preparation of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). Here we report biochemical and structural characterization of TnmH from the tiancimycin (TNM) biosynthetic pathway, revealing that (i) TnmH catalyzes regiospecific methylation at the C-7 hydroxyl group, (ii) TnmH exhibits broad substrate promiscuity toward hydroxyanthraquinones and S-alkylated SAM analogues and catalyzes efficient installation of reactive alkyl handles, (iii) the X-ray crystal structure of TnmH provides the molecular basis to account for its broad substrate promiscuity, and (iv) TnmH as a biocatalyst enables the development of novel conjugation strategies to prepare antibody-TNM conjugates. These findings should greatly facilitate the construction and evaluation of antibody-TNM conjugates as next-generation ADCs for targeted chemotherapy.

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