Bathiapeptides: Polythiazole-Containing Peptides from a Marine Biofilm-Derived Bacillus sp

J Nat Prod. 2022 Jul 22;85(7):1751-1762. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c00290. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Abstract

Bacteria in marine biofilms are a rich reservoir of natural products. To facilitate novel secondary metabolite discovery, we investigated the metabolic profile of a marine biofilm-derived Bacillus sp. B19-2 by combining bioinformatics and LC-UV-MS analyses. After dereplication and purification of putatively unknown compounds, a new family of compounds 1-8 was uncovered and named bathiapeptides. Structural elucidation using NMR, HRESIMS, ozonolysis, advanced Marfey's analysis, and X-ray diffraction revealed that bathiapeptides are polypeptides that contain a rare polythiazole moiety. These compounds exhibited strong cytotoxicity against Hep G2, HeLa, MCF-7, and MGC-803 cell lines, and the lowest IC50 value was 0.5 μM. An iterative biosynthesis logic in bathiapeptides' biosynthesis was proposed based on the identified chemical structures and putative gene cluster analysis.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus* / metabolism
  • Biofilms
  • Biological Products* / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Peptides / metabolism

Substances

  • Biological Products
  • Peptides