Identification of Four New agr Quorum Sensing-Interfering Cyclodepsipeptides from a Marine Photobacterium

Autor: Louise Kjaerulff, Anita Nielsen, Maria Mansson, Lone Gram, Thomas O. Larsen, Hanne Ingmer, Charlotte H. Gotfredsen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Marine Drugs, Vol 11, Iss 12, Pp 5051-5062 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1660-3397
DOI: 10.3390/md11125051
Popis: During our search for new natural products from the marine environment, we discovered a wide range of cyclic peptides from a marine Photobacterium, closely related to P. halotolerans. The chemical fingerprint of the bacterium showed primarily non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)-like compounds, including the known pyrrothine antibiotic holomycin and a wide range of peptides, from diketopiperazines to cyclodepsipeptides of 500–900 Da. Purification of components from the pellet fraction led to the isolation and structure elucidation of four new cyclodepsipeptides, ngercheumicin F, G, H, and I. The ngercheumicins interfered with expression of virulence genes known to be controlled by the agr quorum sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus, although to a lesser extent than the previously described solonamides from the same strain of Photobacterium.
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