The preparation of zaragozic acid A analogues by directed biosynthesis

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1994 Nov;47(11):1290-4. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.47.1290.

Abstract

Zaragozic acid A analogues are produced by an unidentified sterile fungus when it is exogenously supplied with 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid, 3-thiophenecarboxylic acid, 2-furoic acid, 2-fluorobenzoic acid, 3-fluorobenzoic acid, or 4-fluorobenzoic acid. The analogues carry 2-thiophenyl, 3-thiophenyl, 2-furyl, o-fluorophenyl, m-fluorophenyl, or p-fluorophenyl group, respectively, at C-6' of the C-1 alkyl side chain replacing the phenyl group of natural zaragozic acid A. All the new analogues of zaragozic acid A possess picomolar inhibitory activity against squalene synthase in vitro.

MeSH terms

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds / metabolism*
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic*
  • Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Fungi / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Tricarboxylic Acids / metabolism*

Substances

  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds
  • Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic
  • Tricarboxylic Acids
  • squalestatin 1
  • Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase