Waspergillamide A, a Nitro depsi-Tetrapeptide Diketopiperazine from an Australian Mud Dauber Wasp-Associated Aspergillus sp. (CMB-W031)

J Nat Prod. 2017 Apr 28;80(4):1192-1195. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01062. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Abstract

Chemical profiling of extracts from a mud dauber wasp-associated fungus, Aspergillus sp. (CMB-W031), revealed a remarkably diverse array of secondary metabolites, with many biosynthetic gene clusters being transcriptionally responsive to specific culture conditions. Chemical fractionation of a jasmine rice cultivation yielded many known fungal metabolites, including the highly cytotoxic (-)-stephacidin B and an unprecedented nonribosomal peptide synthase derived nitro depsi-tetrapeptide diketopiperazine, waspergillamide A (1). All structures were assigned by detailed spectroscopic analysis and, where appropriate, chemical degradation and Marfey's analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aspergillus / chemistry*
  • Australia
  • Depsipeptides / chemistry
  • Depsipeptides / isolation & purification*
  • Depsipeptides / pharmacology
  • Diketopiperazines / chemistry
  • Diketopiperazines / isolation & purification*
  • Indole Alkaloids / pharmacology
  • Marine Biology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Wasps / microbiology*

Substances

  • Depsipeptides
  • Diketopiperazines
  • Indole Alkaloids
  • stephacidin B
  • waspergillamide A