Antibacterial Prenylated p-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Derivatives from Oberonia myosurus and Identification of Putative Prenyltransferases

J Nat Prod. 2021 Feb 26;84(2):417-426. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01101. Epub 2021 Jan 25.

Abstract

Twelve hitherto unknown tandem prenylated p-hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives, namely, oberoniamyosurusins A-L, together with five known derivatives, were isolated from an EtOH extract of the whole parts of the plant Oberonia myosurus. Compounds 10, 13, and 17 exhibited moderate inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ATCC29213 with MIC50 values ranging from 7.6 to 23 μg/mL. To determine the biosynthetic pathway of this class of tandem prenyl-substituted compounds, the full-length transcriptome of O. myosurus was sequenced, yielding 19.09 Gb of clean data and 10 949 nonredundant sequences. Two isoforms of p-hydroxybenzoic acid prenyltransferases were annotated and functionally characterized as the enzymes that might be involved in the biosynthesis of nervogenic acid (13) in Pichia pastoris.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • China
  • Dimethylallyltranstransferase / genetics*
  • Hydroxybenzoates / isolation & purification
  • Hydroxybenzoates / pharmacology*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Orchidaceae / chemistry*
  • Orchidaceae / enzymology
  • Phytochemicals / isolation & purification
  • Phytochemicals / pharmacology
  • Prenylation
  • Staphylococcus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • Phytochemicals
  • Dimethylallyltranstransferase
  • phenolic acid

Supplementary concepts

  • Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus