title: Isolation, structures, and antifungal activities of new aureobasidins.
abstract: Aureobasidins are a group of cyclic depsipeptides with antifungal activity and are produced by Aureobasidium pullulans. Aureobasidins are composed of eight amino acids and one hydroxy acid such as 2-hydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid (Hmp), and highly lipophilic. Five new aureobasidins, S1, S2a, S2b, S3 and S4, which have higher hydrophilicity in reversed phase HPLC than the known aureobasidins A-R, were discovered in a fermentation broth of A. pullulans R106 by means of on-line liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization. We identified the structures of the compounds and studied their antifungal activities. Three of the new aureobasidins, S2b, S3 and S4, which have hydroxylated Hmp as the hydroxy acid, were highly active against Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Laboratories, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Umeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takesako
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naganawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002175:Candida / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000187:drug effects; D047630:Depsipeptides; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D047630:Depsipeptides; D010455:Peptides; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C084038:aureobasidin S1; C084039:aureobasidin S2a; C084040:aureobasidin S2b; C084041:aureobasidin S3; C084042:aureobasidin S4