Marine bacteria from the Roseobacter clade produce sulfur volatiles via amino acid and dimethylsulfoniopropionate catabolism.
Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is a versatile sulfur source for the production of sulfur-containing secondary metabolites by marine bacteria from the Roseobacter clade. (34)S-labelled DMSP and cysteine, and several DMSP derivatives with modified S-alkyl groups were synthesised and used in feeding experiments that gave insights into the biosynthesis of sulfur volatiles from these bacteria.
Institut für Organische Chemie, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. j.dickschat@tu-bs.de.
Nelson L
NL
Brock
Markus
M
Menke
Tim A
TA
Klapschinski
Jeroen S
JS
Dickschat
D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008715:Methionine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012015:Reference Standards; D041904:Roseobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013452:Sulfonium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000378:metabolism*; D014835:Volatilization
D013452:Sulfonium Compounds; D013455:Sulfur; D008715:Methionine; C068078:dimethylpropiothetin