Asperelines A-F, peptaibols from the marine-derived fungus Trichoderma asperellum

J Nat Prod. 2009 Jun;72(6):1036-44. doi: 10.1021/np900190w.

Abstract

Fermentation of the marine-derived fungus Trichoderma asperellum, collected from the sediment of the Antarctic Penguin Island, resulted in the isolation of six new peptaibols named asperelines A-F (1-6), which are characterized by an acetylated N-terminus and a C-terminus containing an uncommon prolinol residue. Structures were determined by extensive 1D and 2D NMR ((1)H-(1)H COSY, HMQC, HMBC, NOESY) spectroscopic data analysis combined with ESIMS/MS fragmentation. The absolute configurations of the amino acid residues possessing a chiral alpha-carbon and of the prolinol residue were determined to be L and S, respectively, using a new method of (1)H NMR spectroscopic comparison of complexes formed between the chiral reagent Ru(D(4)-Por*)CO and amino acids derived from the peptaibols with those formed with reference standards.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Antarctic Regions
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Peptaibols / chemistry*
  • Peptaibols / isolation & purification*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Trichoderma / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Peptaibols