Nunamycin and Nunapeptin: Two novel cyclic peptides are key components of the antimicrobial activity of the Greenlandic isolate Pseudomonas fluorescens In5

TY - CONF

T1 - Nunamycin and Nunapeptin: Two novel cyclic peptides are key components of the antimicrobial activity of the Greenlandic isolate Pseudomonas fluorescens In5

AU - Hennessy, Rosanna Catherine

AU - Phippen, Christopher

AU - Nielsen, Kristian F.

AU - Michelsen, Charlotte Frydenlund

AU - Olsson, Stefan

AU - Stougaard, Peter

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Pseudomonas spp. are a rich source of secondary metabolites including bioactive non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides. NRPs are synthesised in large assembly lines by multi-domain modular enzymes known as NRP-synthetases (NRPS). Nunamycin and nunapeptin are two cyclic NRPs synthesised by the Greenlandic isolate P. fluorescens In5. Nunamycin shows antifungal activity against the basidiomycete Rhizoctonia solani whereas the only partially structure elucidated nunapeptin appears most active against the ascomycete Fusarium graminearum and the oomycete Pythium aphanidermatum. Originally isolated from suppressive soil, P. fluorescens In5 is therefore a promising potential biocontrol agent with potent activity against plant pathogens. Studies to date have shown nunamycin and nunapeptin as key compounds underpinning this antimicrobial activity. A combination of molecular genetic strain manipulations and omic studies coupled with liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight (MALDI-TOF) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) are being used to elucidate the mode of action of these peptides during microbial interactions.

AB - Pseudomonas spp. are a rich source of secondary metabolites including bioactive non-ribosomal peptides (NRPs) and polyketides. NRPs are synthesised in large assembly lines by multi-domain modular enzymes known as NRP-synthetases (NRPS). Nunamycin and nunapeptin are two cyclic NRPs synthesised by the Greenlandic isolate P. fluorescens In5. Nunamycin shows antifungal activity against the basidiomycete Rhizoctonia solani whereas the only partially structure elucidated nunapeptin appears most active against the ascomycete Fusarium graminearum and the oomycete Pythium aphanidermatum. Originally isolated from suppressive soil, P. fluorescens In5 is therefore a promising potential biocontrol agent with potent activity against plant pathogens. Studies to date have shown nunamycin and nunapeptin as key compounds underpinning this antimicrobial activity. A combination of molecular genetic strain manipulations and omic studies coupled with liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight (MALDI-TOF) imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) are being used to elucidate the mode of action of these peptides during microbial interactions.

M3 - Poster

T2 - ASM Conference on Pseudomonas 2015

Y2 - 8 September 2015 through 12 September 2015

ER -