Microbial transformation of curvularin

J Nat Prod. 2005 Aug;68(8):1271-3. doi: 10.1021/np0580309.

Abstract

The microbiological transformation of curvularin (1) with Beauveria bassiana ATCC 7159 afforded three new metabolites identified as curvularin-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2), curvularin-4'-O-methyl-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (3), and 6-hydroxycurvularin-4'-O-methyl-6-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (4) resulting from hydroxylation, glucosidation, and methylglucosidation of the substrate. Isolation of 6-methyl-2,4-dihydroxyphenyl-4'-O-methyl-1-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (5) from the fermentation broth of B. bassiana ATCC 7159 without any added substrate suggested that hydroxylase, glucosyl transferase, and methylase are constitutive enzymes of this organism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Biotransformation*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Fungi / enzymology*
  • Fungi / metabolism*
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / metabolism*
  • Glycosyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Methyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / metabolism*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured
  • Zearalenone / analogs & derivatives*
  • Zearalenone / chemistry
  • Zearalenone / metabolism

Substances

  • Glucosides
  • Zearalenone
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Methyltransferases
  • Glycosyltransferases
  • curvularin