Abstract
A terrestrial bacterium, Streptomyces sp. NZ-6, produced niizalactams A-C (1-3), unprecedented di- and tricyclic macrolactams, by coculturing with the mycolic acid-containing bacterium Tsukamurella pulmonis TP-B0596. Their complete structures, including absolute configurations, were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data and chemical derivatization. Their unique skeletons are proposed to be biosynthesized from a common 26-membered macrolactam intermediate by SN2 cyclization or an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
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Candida albicans / drug effects
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Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
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Lactams, Macrocyclic / chemistry
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Lactams, Macrocyclic / isolation & purification*
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Lactams, Macrocyclic / pharmacology
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Leukemia P388
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Microbial Sensitivity Tests
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Molecular Structure
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Mycolic Acids / chemistry
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects
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Streptomyces / chemistry*
Substances
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Lactams, Macrocyclic
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Mycolic Acids
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niizalactam A
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niizalactam B
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niizalactam C