Bioactive phenazines from an earwig-associated Streptomyces sp.

Publication date: June 2019Source: Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, Volume 17, Issue 6Author(s): Hao HAN, Zhi-Kai GUO, Bo ZHANG, Mei ZHANG, Jing SHI, Wei LI, Rui-Hua JIAO, Ren-Xiang TAN, Hui-Ming GEAbstractThree new phenazine-type compounds, named phenazines SA—SC (1—3), together with four new natural products (4—7), were isolated from the fermentation broth of an earwig-associated Streptomyces sp. NA04227. The structures of these compounds were determined by extensive analyses of NMR, high resolution mass spectroscopic data, as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurement. Sequencing and analysis of the genome data allowed us to identify the gene cluster (spz) and propose a biosynthetic pathway for these phenazine-type compounds. Additionally, compounds 1—5 exhibited moderate inhibitory activity against acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and compound 3 showed antimicrobial activities against Micrococcus luteus.
Source: Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research