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  2. Curvulamine, a new antibacterial alkaloid incorporating two undescribed units from a Curvularia species

Curvulamine, a new antibacterial alkaloid incorporating two undescribed units from a Curvularia species

  • Org Lett. 2014 Oct 17;16(20):5366-9. doi: 10.1021/ol502572g.
Wen Bo Han 1 Yan Hua Lu Ai Hua Zhang Gao Fei Zhang Ya Ning Mei Nan Jiang Xinxiang Lei Yong Chun Song Seik Weng Ng Ren Xiang Tan
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  • 1 Institute of Functional Biomolecules, State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China.
Abstract

The white croaker (Argyrosomus argentatus) derived Curvularia sp. IFB-Z10 produces curvulamine as a skeletally unprecedented alkaloid incorporating two undescribed extender units. Curvulamine is more selectively Antibacterial than tinidazole and biosynthetically unique in the new extenders formed through a decarboxylative condensation between an oligoketide motif and alanine.

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