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Sphaerostilbellins, New Antimicrobial Aminolipopeptide Peptaibiotics from Sphaerostilbella toxica

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dc.creator Perlatti, Bruno
dc.creator Nichols, Connie B.
dc.creator Alspaugh, J. Andrew
dc.creator Gloer, James B.
dc.creator Bills, Gerald F.
dc.date 2020-10-13T17:15:33Z
dc.date 2020-10-13T17:15:33Z
dc.date 2020-09-26
dc.date 2020-10-13T13:24:04Z
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:54:45Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:54:45Z
dc.identifier Perlatti, B.; Nichols, C.B.; Alspaugh, J.A.; Gloer, J.B.; Bills, G.F. Sphaerostilbellins, New Antimicrobial Aminolipopeptide Peptaibiotics from Sphaerostilbella toxica. Biomolecules 2020, 10, 1371.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100466
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10101371
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/281863
dc.description <i>Sphaerostilbella toxica</i> is a mycoparasitic fungus that can be found parasitizing wood-decay basidiomycetes in the southern USA. Organic solvent extracts of fermented strains of <i>S. toxica</i> exhibited potent antimicrobial activity, including potent growth inhibition of human pathogenic yeasts <i>Candida albicans</i> and <i>Cryptococcus neoformans,</i> the respiratory pathogenic fungus <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>, and the Gram-positive bacterium <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. Bioassay-guided separations led to the purification and structure elucidation of new peptaibiotics designated as sphaerostilbellins A and B. Their structures were established mainly by analysis of NMR and HRMS data, verification of amino acid composition by Marfey&rsquo;s method, and by comparison with published data of known compounds. They incorporate intriguing structural features, including an N-terminal 2-methyl-3-oxo-tetradecanoyl (MOTDA) residue and a C-terminal putrescine residue. The minimal inhibitory concentrations for sphaerostilbellins A and B were measured as 2 &mu;M each for <i>C. neoformans</i>, 1 &mu;M each for <i>A. fumigatus</i>, and 4 and 2 &mu;M, respectively, for <i>C. albicans</i>. Murine macrophage cells were unaffected at these concentrations.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject antifungals
dc.subject Hypocreaceae
dc.subject mycoparasite
dc.subject nonribosomal peptide
dc.subject putrescine
dc.subject secondary metabolite
dc.title Sphaerostilbellins, New Antimicrobial Aminolipopeptide Peptaibiotics from Sphaerostilbella toxica
dc.title Biomolecules
dc.type Article - Refereed
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