Mureidomycins A-D, novel peptidylnucleoside antibiotics with spheroplast forming activity. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation and physico-chemical properties

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1989 May;42(5):662-6. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.42.662.

Abstract

A strain of actinomycetes identified as Streptomyces flavidovirens produced new antibiotics, mureidomycins (MRD's) A approximately D, specifically active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. They were isolated from the culture filtrate by successive column chromatographies such as Amberlite XAD-2 and CG-50, Whatman DE-52 and Toyopearl HW-40. They were amphoteric white powders and soluble in methanol and water. Their molecular weights and molecular formulae in parentheses were 840 (C38H48N8O12S), 842 (C38H50N12S), 897 (C40H51N9O13S) and 899 (C40H53N9O13S), respectively. m-Tyrosine and two unknown substances were detected by amino acid analyses as their common constituents. MRD's A and C contained uracil but MRD's B and D dihydrouracil instead of uracil.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents*
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry, Physical
  • Chromatography
  • Fermentation
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Methanol
  • Molecular Weight
  • Nucleosides
  • Peptides
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
  • Solubility
  • Spheroplasts / drug effects*
  • Streptomyces / classification*
  • Streptomyces / cytology
  • Streptomyces / physiology
  • Uracil / analysis
  • Water

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Nucleosides
  • Peptides
  • Water
  • mureidomycin A
  • mureidomycin B
  • mureidomycin C
  • mureidomycin D
  • Uracil
  • Methanol