Bacterial Production of a Pederin Analogue by a Free-Living Marine Alphaproteobacterium

J Nat Prod. 2017 Jul 28;80(7):2170-2173. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00408. Epub 2017 Jul 11.

Abstract

The polyketide pederin family are cytotoxic compounds isolated from insects, lichen, and marine sponges. During the past decade, different uncultivable bacteria symbionts have been proposed as the real producers of these compounds, such as those found in insects, lichen, and marine sponges, and their trans-AT polyketide synthase gene clusters have been identified. Herein we report the isolation and biological activities of a new analogue of the pederin family, compound 1, from the culture of a marine heterotrophic alphaproteobacterium, Labrenzia sp. PHM005. This is the first report of the production of a pederin-type compound by a free-living marine bacteria that could be cultured in the laboratory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alphaproteobacteria
  • Animals
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Coleoptera / metabolism
  • Lichens
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Multigene Family
  • Polyketide Synthases / metabolism
  • Porifera / microbiology
  • Pyrans / chemistry
  • Pyrans / metabolism*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Symbiosis

Substances

  • Pyrans
  • Polyketide Synthases
  • pederin