Essramycin: a first triazolopyrimidine antibiotic isolated from nature

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2008 Mar;61(3):149-57. doi: 10.1038/ja.2008.124.

Abstract

In the course of our screening program for new bio-active compounds, a novel triazolopyrimidine antibiotic, essramycin (1), was obtained from the culture broth of the marine Streptomyces sp., isolate Merv8102. Structure 1 was established by intensive NMR studies and by mass spectra. The compound is antibacterially active with MIC of 2 to 8 microg/ml against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, while it showed no antifungal activity. The fermentation and isolation, as well as the structure elucidation and biological activity of 1 are described.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry, Physical
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Fermentation
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Weight
  • Pyrimidines / isolation & purification
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Streptomyces / metabolism*
  • Triazoles / isolation & purification
  • Triazoles / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Pyrimidines
  • Pyrimidinones
  • Triazoles
  • essramycin