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showed inhibition zones only against Staphylococcus aureus (1; 14
mm at 25 μg/disk, kanamycin; 15 mm at 25 μg/disk) and
Salmonella typhimurium (1; 9 mm at 50 μg/disk, chloramphe-
nicol; 17 mm at 50 μg/disk), while 2 was inactive against all tested
organisms up to a concentration of 100 μg/disk, suggesting that
ulleungamide A (1) has a selective antibacterial activity and the
presence of a hydroxy group at position C-4 severely reduces the
activity.
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We acknowledge financial support by a grant from the Global
R&D Center (GRDC, NRF-2010-00719) programs of the
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the
Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning of Korea
(MSIFP). This research was also supported by grants from the
Chungcheongbuk-do, WCI, and KRIBB Research Initiative
Program. We acknowledge the Korea Basic Science Institute,
Ochang, Korea, for providing NMR (700, 800, and 900 MHz),
HRESIMS, and CD data. We also wish to thank Mr. Daehwan
Kim (WCI, KRIBB) for valuable assistance in collecting soil
samples from Ulleung Island.
Ulleungamides A (1) and B (2) are a new class of cyclic
depsipeptides featuring several unique structural features. They
contain multiple pipecolic acid-derived residues, including Pip, γ-
OH-Pip, HMDPA, and DHMDPA. Pipecolic acid, cyclic
nonproteogenic amino acid, is a key constituent of numerous
pharmaceutically important secondary metabolites, such as
rapamycin and FK506.13 Sandramycin, quinaldopeptin, and
petriellin A also have been reported to possess multiple pipecolic
acids,14 but ulleungamides are the first example of having three
residues of Pip and Pip derivatives. The peptide metabolites that
contain the γ-OH-Pip residue are quite rare with only two
examples, which were found in virginiamycin S5 and MBJ-0110.15
Moreover, the presence of HMDPA and DHMDPA was not
reported. On the basis of chemical structures, they are likely to be
formed via modification of a pipecolic acid by C-methylation,
hydroxylation, and desaturation during or after nonribosomal
peptide chain elongation. HMDPA and DHMDPA represent
new examples of natural α,β-dehydroamino acids, which have
been shown to contribute to conformational properties and
undergo chemical reactions that can influence the bioactivity of
peptide molecules.16 The significant differences in antimicrobial
activity between 1 and 2 imply that chemical properties of these
modified α,β-dehydroamino acids contribute significantly to the
activity of ulleungamides. Owing to their structural and
functional characteristics, pipecolic acid derivatives have been
used for scaffolds to design bioactive compounds, e.g., a HIV
inhibitor Palinavir and a thrombin inhibitor argatroban.17 Further
studies on identification of the gene cluster of HMDPA and
DHMDPA might provide a route to the combinatorial
biosynthesis of highly modified pipecolic acids to generate
compounds with interesting bioactivity. In addition, the presence
of an IPSA unit is also unprecedented. It could be originated from
2-isopropyl malate, which is an intermediate of leucine
biosynthesis,18 but its origin should be further investigated.
The discovery of ulleungamides is another example supporting
the potential of microorganisms from previously uninvestigated
sites and especially those which represent unique biodiversity to
produce novel secondary metabolites. Further investigation on
the other actinomyces derived from Ulleung Island based on
bioactivity and structural novelty is currently underway.
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