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Antimycobacterial Serratamolides and Diacyl Peptoglucosamine Derivatives from Serratia sp.

Dwivedi D, Jansen R, Molinari G, Nimtz M, Johri BN, Wray V

victor.wray@helmholtz-hzi.de.

The cyclodepsipeptide serratamolide A ( 1) and five closely related compounds together with three new glucosamine derivatives were isolated by bioactivity-guided chromatography from the XAD adsorber resin extract of a Serratia sp. The structures of the compounds were elucidated by 2D NMR and MS analyses. In addition to the known serratamolide A ( 1) with two C 10 alkyl chains, its derivatives always contained one C 10 chain combined with either C 12:1, C 12, C 11, C 9, or C 8 chains. The glucosamine derivatives contained a common core consisting of an N-butyl-alpha-glucopyranosylamide, which was acylated at the C-1 oxygen with valine. The differences between the derivatives arise from the nature of the acyl groups attached to the N-terminus of valine, which were identified as the linear fatty acid moieties C 16:1, C 15, or C 14. Each compound was present in two isomeric forms arising from racemization of the valine moiety. All compounds showed antibiotic activity against Mycobacterium diernhoferi and other rapidly growing mycobacteria.

Published 25 April 2008 in J Nat Prod, 71(4): 637-41.
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