Svetamycins A-G, Unusual Piperazic Acid-Containing Peptides from Streptomyces sp

J Org Chem. 2017 Jun 16;82(12):6032-6043. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00228. Epub 2017 Jun 6.

Abstract

Seven new halogenated peptides termed svetamycins A-G (1-7) have been isolated from laboratory cultures of a Streptomyces sp. Svetamycins A-D, F, and G are cyclic depsipeptides, whereas svetamycin E is a linear analogue of svetamycin C. Their structures were determined using extensive spectroscopic analysis, and their stereochemical configuration was established by a combination of NMR data, quantum mechanical calculations, and chemical derivatizations. Svetamycins are characterized by the presence of a hydroxyl acetic acid and five amino acids including a rare 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridazine-3-carboxylic acid, a γ-halogenated piperazic acid, and a novel δ-methylated piperazic acid in svetamycins B-C, E, and G. Moreover, isotope-labeled substrate feeding experiments demonstrated ornithine as the precursor of piperazic acid and that methylation at the δ position of the piperazyl scaffold is S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent. Svetamycin G, the most potent antimicrobial of this suite of compounds, inhibited the growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis with an MIC80 value of 2 μg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Molecular Conformation
  • Peptides / chemistry*
  • Peptides / isolation & purification
  • Pyridazines / chemistry*
  • Pyridazines / isolation & purification
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Streptomyces / chemistry*

Substances

  • Peptides
  • Pyridazines
  • piperazic acid