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Cysteine-Derived Pleurotin Congeners from the Nematode-Trapping Basidiomycete Hohenbuehelia grisea.

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The discovery of a Hohenbuehelia grisea specimen during a field trip in Northern Thailand led to the isolation and identification of three novel sulfur-bearing derivatives of dihydropleurotinic acid (4). Thiopleurotinic acid A (1) was established by the interpretation of spectral data (HRESIMS, 2D-NMR) as a 2-hydroxy-3-mercaptopropanoic acid conjugate of dihydropleurotinic acid. Thiopleurotinic acid B (2) was shown to be the N-acetylcysteine conjugate of 4. A third compound (3) was established as a thiazole-containing derivative. Through feeding experiments with [U-13C3, 15N]-l-cysteine the formation of all three metabolites was shown to involve cysteine condensation with 4. The decreased cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activities of the new derivatives 1-3, compared to the parent compound 4, indicate a possible detoxification pathway of filamentous fungi.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Journal of natural products
Date Published
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2018
ISSN Number
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0163-3864
URL
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00713
DOI
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10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00713
Short Title
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J Nat Prod
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