TY - JOUR
T1 - Pyxipyrrolones
T2 - Structure Elucidation and Biosynthesis of Cytotoxic Myxobacterial Metabolites
AU - Kjaerulff, Louise
AU - Raju, Ritesh
AU - Panter, Fabian
AU - Scheid, Ullrich
AU - Garcia, Ronald
AU - Herrmann, Jennifer
AU - Müller, Rolf
PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - In the search for new secondary metabolites from myxobacteria, a strain from the genus Pyxidicoccus was investigated. This led to the identification of a new class of natural products showing structural novelty and interesting biological activity. Isolation and structure elucidation of two analogues led to the identification of pyxipyrrolone A and B, harboring the novel 3-methylene-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9-octahydro-1H-benzo[e]isoindol-1-one scaffold. Mosher's ester analysis combined with NMR studies allowed the determination of all stereocenters but one. Genome sequencing of the producer strain led to the identification of a putative biosynthetic gene cluster for the pyxipyrrolones. The compounds showed activity against several cancer cell lines (μm range) with pyxipyrrolone B having 2- to 11-fold higher activity than A, although they differ only by one methylene group.
AB - In the search for new secondary metabolites from myxobacteria, a strain from the genus Pyxidicoccus was investigated. This led to the identification of a new class of natural products showing structural novelty and interesting biological activity. Isolation and structure elucidation of two analogues led to the identification of pyxipyrrolone A and B, harboring the novel 3-methylene-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9-octahydro-1H-benzo[e]isoindol-1-one scaffold. Mosher's ester analysis combined with NMR studies allowed the determination of all stereocenters but one. Genome sequencing of the producer strain led to the identification of a putative biosynthetic gene cluster for the pyxipyrrolones. The compounds showed activity against several cancer cell lines (μm range) with pyxipyrrolone B having 2- to 11-fold higher activity than A, although they differ only by one methylene group.
KW - biosynthesis
KW - cytotoxicity
KW - myxobacteria
KW - secondary metabolites
KW - structure elucidation
U2 - 10.1002/anie.201704790
DO - 10.1002/anie.201704790
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28590072
AN - SCOPUS:85021809968
SN - 1433-7851
VL - 56
SP - 9614
EP - 9618
JO - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition
IS - 32
ER -