作者:Christoph A. Schuhr、Wolfgang Eisenreich、Markus Goese、Peter Stohler、Wolfgang Weber、Ernst Kupfer、Adelbert Bacher
DOI:10.1021/jo016285v
日期:2002.4.1
Three putative intermediates in the biosynthesis of the lipase inhibitor lipstatin were synthesized in stable isotope-labeled form and were added to fermentation cultures of Streptomyces toxytricini. Biosynthetic lipstatin was isolated and analyzed by NMR spectroscopy. [3,10,11,12-H-2]-(3S,5Z,8Z)-3-hydroxytetradeca-5,8-dienoic acid (9) was shown to serve as a direct biosynthetic precursor of lipstatin. [7,8-H-2(2)]Hexylmalonate (11) was also incorporated into lipstatin, albeit at a relatively low rate. The leucine moiety of [C-13-formyl,N-15]-N-formylleucine (10) was diverted to lipstatin under loss of the C-13-labeled formyl residue.