Aetokthonotoxin

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Aetokthonotoxin
Names
IUPAC name
5,7-Dibromo-2-(2,3,5-tribromoindol-1-yl)-1H-indole-3-carbonitrile
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
ChEBI
  • InChI=1S/C17H6Br5N3/c18-7-1-2-13-10(3-7)14(21)16(22)25(13)17-11(6-23)9-4-8(19)5-12(20)15(9)24-17/h1-5,24H
    Key: JXJDQKCOJBAPQM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C1=CC2=C(C=C1Br)C(=C(N2C3=C(C4=C(N3)C(=CC(=C4)Br)Br)C#N)Br)Br
Properties
C17H6Br5N3
Molar mass 651.776 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Aetokthonotoxin (AETX), colloquially known as eagle toxin, is a chemical compound that was identified in 2021 as the cyanobacterial neurotoxin causing

coots or ducks which feed on hydrilla colonized with the cyanobacterium. Aetokthonotoxin is transmitted to raptors, such as the bald eagle, that prey on these affected animals.[3] The total synthesis of AETX has been achieved in 2021,[4] the enzymatic functions of the 5 enzymes involved in AETX biosynthesis were described in 2022.[5]

Biosynthesis

The enzymes and starting materials used to assemble AETX

The biosynthesis of AETX and the functions of the enzymes AetA, AetB, AetD, AetE, and AetF were described in 2022.[5] AetF, a FAD-dependent halogenase, brominates L-tryptophan at the C5 position. The 5-bromo-L-tryptophan can then undergo two separate reactions. One route involves a second bromination by AetF at C7 to yield 5,7-dibromo-L-tryptophan. This molecule then goes on to react with AetD, an iron-dependent nitrile synthase, to form dibromo-indole-3-carbonitrile. The second route for 5-bromo-L-tryptophan involves the tryptophanase AetE, which converts the 5-bromo-L-tryptophan into 5-bromoindole. 5-bromoindole can then go on to react with a different FAD-dependent halogenase AetA to form 2,3,5-tribromoindole. 2,3,5-tribromoindole and dibromo-indole-3-carbonitrile then undergo biaryl coupling facilitated by the cytochrome P-450 AetB to form AETX.

Toxin transmission from cyanobacteria to the bald eagle
Toxin transmission from cyanobacteria to the bald eagle

See also

References

  1. PMID 33766860
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  2. ^ "Avian vacuolar myelinopathy". USGS National Wildlife Health Center. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. PMID 15465716
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  4. PMID 34081364{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  5. ^
    S2CID 246702060
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