作者:Konstantin V. Purtov、Valentin N. Petushkov、Mikhail S. Baranov、Konstantin S. Mineev、Natalja S. Rodionova、Zinaida M. Kaskova、Aleksandra S. Tsarkova、Alexei I. Petunin、Vladimir S. Bondar、Emma K. Rodicheva、Svetlana E. Medvedeva、Yuichi Oba、Yumiko Oba、Alexander S. Arseniev、Sergey Lukyanov、Josef I. Gitelson、Ilia V. Yampolsky
DOI:10.1002/anie.201501779
日期:2015.7.6
Many species of fungi naturally produce light, a phenomenon known as bioluminescence, however, the fungal substrates used in the chemical reactions that produce light have not been reported. We identified the fungal compound luciferin 3‐hydroxyhispidin, which is biosynthesized by oxidation of the precursor hispidin, a known fungal and plant secondary metabolite. The fungal luciferin does not share
许多种类的真菌自然产生光,这种现象称为生物发光,但是,尚未报道用于产生光的化学反应中使用的真菌底物。我们确定了真菌化合物萤光素3-羟基hispidin,它是通过前体hispidin(一种已知的真菌和植物次生代谢物)的氧化而生物合成的。真菌萤光素与其他八种已知萤光素没有结构相似性。此外,结果表明3-羟基hispidin导致发光真菌的四个不同属的提取物中的生物发光,从而暗示了真菌生物发光的常见生化机制。