Loloatins A-D, cyclic decapeptide antibiotics produced in culture by a tropical marine bacterium

J Nat Prod. 1999 Jan;62(1):80-5. doi: 10.1021/np980219f.

Abstract

Loloatins A (1) to D (4), a family of new cyclic decapeptide antibiotics, have been isolated from laboratory cultures of a tropical marine bacterium recovered from the Great Barrier Reef in Papua New Guinea. The structures of loloatins A-D were elucidated via a combination of spectroscopic analyses and chemical degradation. Loloatins A-D exhibit in vitro antimicrobial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphyloccoccus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / biosynthesis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacteria / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Marine Biology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides, Cyclic / biosynthesis*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Peptides, Cyclic