Biosynthesis of virginiae butanolide A, a butyrolactone autoregulator from Streptomyces
摘要:
Virginiae butanolide A (VB A) (3) is one of the virginiamycin-inducing factors from Streptomyces virginiae and has a unique 2,3-disubstituted butanolide skeleton which is common to other signal molecules in Streptomyces. The biosynthesis of 3 in Streptomyces antibioticus, a high producer of 3, was studied by experiments with labeled precursors. C-13 and H-2 NMR results as well as CI-MS analyses of dibenzoate samples indicated that the probable biosynthetic pathway to 3 involved coupling between a beta-keto acid derivative and a C3 unit from glycerol, such as dihydroxyacetone or a derivative.