The previously described Streptomyces tendae nikC::aph mutant was used to mutasynthesize nikkomycins Bx and Bz. The mutant is deficient in L-lysine 2-aminotransferase, which transaminates lysine to form piperideine 2-carboxylate, the precursor of the peptidyl side chain of the biologically active nikkomycins I, J, X, and Z, and is therefore unable to produce these nikkomycins. The mutant accumulates the biologically inactive biosynthetic nucleoside precursors nikkomycins Cx and Cz. Resting cell cultures of the mutant fed with benzoic acid produced the biologically active nikkomycins Bx and Bz, which contain 2-amino-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-4-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)butanoic acid as the peptidyl side chain. The structures of nikkomycins Bx and Bz were confirmed by mass spectrometry and NMR. Nikkomycins Bx and Bz exhibit significantly higher pH stability than their analogues nikkomycins X and Z.
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