The present invention relates to a
synthetic gene cluster of an enfumafungin antibiotic and a synthetic method therefor. Specifically, in the present invention, key
functional genes in the linking of a β-D-glucopyranose at position C3 of a fernane-type framework, the oxidation at position C2 into α-OH, the
oxidative cleavage of ring E at C19-C20, and the
acetylation of hydroxyl at position C2 during the
biosynthesis of an enfumafungin antibiotic, i.e. fuscoatroside, are isolated, wherein the genes are named fsoA, fsoD, fsoE and fsoF, respectively. The present invention also provides encoding polypeptides thereof. Provided in the present invention are an artificial fusion
enzyme gene, i.e. efuA(TC)fsoA(GT); and on the basis of the artificial fusion
enzyme gene, the
heterologous expression of four genes, i.e. efuA(TC)fsoA(GT), fsoD, fsoE and fsoF, can synthesize an enfumafungin precursor (13). The present invention clarifies an FsoE-mediated C-C
bond breaking function of a P450
enzyme, and provides a key catalytically active residue of FsoE. The present invention reports the biosynthetic pathway of such compound for the first time, and establishes an important foundation for the green and efficient synthesis of the compound.