Amphiol, an Antifungal Fungal Pigment from Pseudogymnoascus sp. PF1464

J Nat Prod. 2021 Apr 23;84(4):986-992. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c01010. Epub 2021 Mar 1.

Abstract

An antifungal metabolite, designated amphiol (1), was isolated from the culture broth of the fungus Pseudogymnoascus sp. PF1464. It exists as a mixture of inseparable tautomers, an acetal form and a keto form. The chemical structure was determined by spectroscopic analyses and chemical derivatization. Amphiol (1) showed antifungal but not antibacterial activities, while yeast mutant cells lacking ergosterol biosynthetic genes were less sensitive, implying a fungal specific, membrane-related mechanism of action.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Ascomycota / chemistry*
  • Ascomycota / classification
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects
  • Candida albicans / drug effects
  • Japan
  • Molecular Structure
  • Pigments, Biological / isolation & purification
  • Pigments, Biological / pharmacology*
  • Soil Microbiology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Pigments, Biological