Abstract
A marine-derived Streptomyces sp. (CMB-M0244) isolated from a sediment collected off South Molle Island, Queensland, produced mollemycin A (1) as a new first in class glyco-hexadepsipeptide-polyketide. The structure of 1 was assigned by detailed spectroscopic analysis, supported by chemical derivatization and degradation, and C3 Marfey's analysis. Mollemycin A (1) exhibits exceptionally potent and selective growth inhibitory activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (IC50 10-50 nM) and drug-sensitive (3D7; IC50 7 nM) and multidrug-resistant (Dd2; IC 50 9 nM) clones of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1716-1719 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |