Xylapeptide A, an Antibacterial Cyclopentapeptide with an Uncommon L-Pipecolinic Acid Moiety from the Associated Fungus Xylaria sp. (GDG-102)

Sci Rep. 2017 Jul 31;7(1):6937. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-07331-4.

Abstract

Two new cyclopentapeptides, xylapeptide A (1) with an uncommon L-pipecolinic acid moiety, and xylapeptide B (2) having a common L-proline residue were identified from an associated fungus Xylaria sp. isolated from the Chinese medicinal plant Sophora tonkinensis. Their planar structures were elucidated by a comprehensive analysis of NMR and MS spectroscopic spectra. The absolute configurations were determined by Marfey's method and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (Cu Kα) analysis. Xylapeptide A (1) is the first example of cyclopentapeptide with L-Pip of terrestrial origin and showed strong antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis and B. cereus with MIC value of 12.5 μg/mL.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacillus / drug effects*
  • Bacillus cereus / drug effects
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology
  • Sophora / microbiology
  • Xylariales / chemistry*
  • Xylariales / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Peptides, Cyclic