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Amit Raj Sharma1, Enjuro Harunari1, Tao Zhou1
1Biotechnology Research Center and Department of Biotechnology, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan.
Abstract:
(2Z,4E)-3-Methyl-2,4-decadienoic acid (1) was identified as a major metabolite from a culture extract of a marine bacterium Microbulbifer which was collected from a stony coral Porites sp. NMR-based spectroscopic analysis revealed that 1 is an unsaturated fatty acid in which a methyl group is located in an uncommon position as a natural product. Feeding experiments of 13C-labeled precursors clarified that ʟ-methionine-derived methylation takes place at the carbon which is derived from the carbonyl carbon of acetate. Compound 1 showed weak growth inhibition against Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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