Tepuazines A-E: Phenazine Glycosides from a Venezuelan Quartz-Rich (Tepui) Cave Soil-Derived Streptomyces virginiae CMB-CA091

J Nat Prod. 2024 Apr 26;87(4):1084-1091. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00042. Epub 2024 Mar 22.

Abstract

Investigation of the secondary metabolites of Streptomyces virginiae CMB-CA091 isolated from the quartz-rich (tepui) soil of a cave in Venezuela yielded two new dimeric phenazine glycosides, tepuazines A and B (1 and 2); three new monomeric phenazine glycosides, tepuazines C-E (3-5); and a series of known analogues, baraphenazine G (6), phenazinolin D (7), izumiphenazine C (8), 4-methylaminobenzoyl-l-rhamnopyranoside (9), and 2-acetamidophenol (10). Structures were assigned to 1-10 on the basis of detailed spectroscopic analysis and biosynthetic considerations, with 1 and 2 featuring a rare 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane-like ring C/D bridge shared with only a handful of known Streptomyces natural products. We propose a plausible convergent biosynthetic relationship linking all known members of this structure class that provides a rationale for the observed ring C/D configuration.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Caves
  • Glycosides* / chemistry
  • Glycosides* / isolation & purification
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenazines* / chemistry
  • Quartz / chemistry
  • Soil Microbiology*
  • Streptomyces* / chemistry
  • Venezuela

Substances

  • Phenazines
  • Glycosides
  • Quartz