Abstract
Three new polyketide-derived natural products, cladobotric acids G–I (1–3), and six known metabolites (4, 5, 8–11) were isolated from fermentation of the fungus Cladobotryum sp. grown on rice. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods. Two metabolites, cladobotric acid A (4) and pyrenulic acid A (10), were converted to a series of new products (12–20) by semisynthesis. The antibacterial activities of all these compounds were investigated against the Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus including methicillin-susceptible (MSSA), methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-intermediate (MRSA/VISA), and heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate (hVISA) strains. Results of these antibacterial assays revealed structural features of the unsaturated decalins important for biological activity.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 572-580 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Natural Products |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 16 Feb 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We are very grateful to MRC (MR/N029909/1) for financial support (for K.W., K.M.J.M.S., Z.S., and T.T.D.) as well as to BBSRC and EPSRC for funding instrumentation via the Bristol Centre for Synthetic Biology (BB/L01386X/1). We would also like to thank Dr. Katja M. Fisch for obtaining the strain Cladobotryum sp. CANU E1042.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy.
Research Groups and Themes
- Bristol BioDesign Institute
Keywords
- synthetic biology