A novel trisaccharide glycolipid biosurfactant containing trehalose bears ester-linked hexanoate, succinate, and acyloxyacyl moieties: NMR and MS characterization of the underivatized structure
作者:Steven Wynn Esch、Martha D. Morton、Todd D. Williams、Clarence S. Buller
DOI:10.1016/s0008-6215(99)00122-6
日期:1999.6
A Gram-positive actinomycete growing on n-hexadecane secreted a family of anionic glycolipid surfactant homologs,The major homolog, with a molecular weight of 1210.6347, had the formula C58H98O26. Following mild alkaline saponification,H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy were used to characterize the non-reducing trisaccharide backbone: beta-Glcp-(1 --> 3)-alpha-Glcp-(1 <-> 1)-alpha-Glcp ('laminaratrehalose'). Hexanoate, succinate, 3-hydroxyoctanoate, and 3-hydroxydecanoate were found in 3:1:1:1 molar ratio using GC-EIMS analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) prepared by transesterification. Mie found that the beta-hydroxy acids bore secondary hexanoate chains in 3-O-ester linkage, giving acyloxyacyl anions of appropriate mi; in FABMS and FABMS/MS spectra. COSY, HETCOR, HMBC, and HMQC NMR experiments established the acylation pattern: succinate at C-2 of the terminal alpha-glucopyranose ring; hexanoate at C-3 " of the beta-glucopyranose ring; 3-hexanoyloxydecanoate and 3-hexanoyloxydecanoate at the 2'- and 4-positions. In FABMS spectra, the homologs flanked the molecular ion by +/- 14 and +/- 28 amu, suggesting heterogeneity in acyl chain length. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.