Non-geminal Aliphatic Dihalogenation Pattern in Dichlorinated Diaporthins from Hamigera fusca NRRL 35721

J Nat Prod. 2018 Jun 22;81(6):1488-1492. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00041. Epub 2018 May 24.

Abstract

Two new epimeric dihalogenated diaporthins, (9 R *)-8-methyl-9,11-dichlorodiaporthin (2) and (9 S *)-8-methyl-9,11-dichlorodiaporthin (3), have been isolated from the soil fungus Hamigera fusca NRRL 35721 alongside the known regioisomeric isocoumarin 8-methyl-11,11-dichlorodiaporthin (1). Their structures were elucidated by high-resolution mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy combined with molecular modeling. Compounds 1-3 are the first isocoumarins and the first halogenated metabolites ever reported from the Hamigera genus. The new compounds 2 and 3 display a non-geminal aliphatic dichlorination pattern unprecedented among known fungal dihalogenated aromatic polyketides. A bifunctional methyltransferase/aliphatic halogenase flavoenzyme is proposed to be involved in the biosynthesis of dichlorinated diaporthins 1-3. These metabolites are weakly cytotoxic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fungi / chemistry*
  • Halogenation
  • Isocoumarins / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Polyketides / chemistry
  • Pyrones / chemistry*

Substances

  • Isocoumarins
  • Polyketides
  • Pyrones
  • diaporthin