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From a Natural Product to Its Biosynthetic Gene Cluster: A Demonstration Using Polyketomycin from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes Tü6028
Published on: January 13, 2017
Five naturally bioactive molecules including two rhamnopyranoside derivatives isolated from the Streptomyces sp.
Raoudha Ben Ameur Mehdi1, Khaled A Shaaban, Ines Karray Rebai
1Laboratory of Prokaryotic Enzymes and Metabolites of the Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax - Tunisia (LEMP-CBS), 3038 Sfax, Tunisia.
Abstract:
Extraction of 25 L fermentation broth of the newly isolated Streptomyces sp. strain TN58 and various separation and purification steps led to the isolation of five bioactive metabolites, namely brevianamide F (C1), reported from a streptomycete for the first time, N(beta)-acetyltryptamine (C2), thiazolidomycin (C3), and two rhamnopyranosides (C4 and C5). These two rhamnopyranosides were produced directly, without precursor addition. The chemical structure of these five active compounds was established on the basis of (1)H, (13)C/APT and 2D NMR spectra, ESI and EI-MS data, and by comparison with data from the literature. According to the biological studies, we show in this work that the compounds C1, C2, C4 and C5 possess antimicrobial activities.
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