emerimicins and leucinol

Four novel lipovelutibols A (1), B (2), C (3), and D (4) containing six amino acid residues with leucinol at the C-terminus and a fatty acyl moiety (n-octanoyl) at its N-terminus were isolated from the psychrotrophic fungus Trichoderma velutinum collected from the Himalayan cold habitat. The structures (1-4) were determined by NMR and MS/MS, and the stereochemistry of amino acids by Marfey's method. Lipopeptaibols 2 and 4 were found to contain d-isovaline, a nonproteinogenic amino acid, but lacked α-aminoisobutyric acid, characteristic of peptaibols. Cytotoxic activity of 2 and 4 was observed against HL-60, LS180, MDA-MB-231, and A549 cancer cell lines.

Topics: A549 Cells; Amino Acids; Aminoisobutyric Acids; Cell Line, Tumor; Cold Temperature; Ecosystem; HL-60 Cells; Humans; Leucine; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Peptaibols; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Trichoderma; Valine