Karamomycins A-C: 2-Naphthalen-2-yl-thiazoles from Nonomuraea endophytica

Khaled A. Shaaban, Mohamed Shaaban, Hafizur Rahman, Iris Grün-Wollny, Peter Kämpfer, Gerhard Kelter, Heinz Herbert Fiebig, Hartmut Laatsch

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Abstract

Karamomycins A-C (2-4), the first natural 2-naphthalen-2-yl-thiazole derivatives, were isolated along with a plausible precursor molecule, 1-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-naphthoic acid (1), uracil, 1-acetyl-β-carboline, and actinomycin C2 from the culture broth of the terrestrial actinomycete strain GW58/450, identified as Nonomuraea endophytica. These compounds were characterized by analysis of their NMR and mass spectrometry (MS) data; the absolute configurations of 2 and 4 were determined by comparison of 13C NMR, NOESY, and circular dichroism (CD) spectra with density functional theory (DFT)-calculated data. In karamomycin C (4), the thiazole of 2 is connected to an unusual iminothiazolo[4,3-c][1,4]thiazepinone, for which we proposed a biosynthetic origin from two cysteine residues. It is closely related to ulbactin F; however, the heterocycle is enantiomeric to the latter and connected to phenol instead of 4-methoxy-1-naphthol. Karamomycins A (2) and C (4) were cytotoxic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)870-877
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume82
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 26 2019

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Funding

We thank R. Machinek for the NMR spectra, Dr. H. Frauendorf for the mass spectra, Dr. J. Junker for his help in using COCON, Dr. S. Hickford and Dr. C. Pearce for language polishing, and F. Lissy and A. Kohl for technical assistance. The financial support of this work by a grant from the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Grant No. 03F04153A) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung03F04153A
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Analytical Chemistry
    • Molecular Medicine
    • Pharmacology
    • Pharmaceutical Science
    • Drug Discovery
    • Complementary and alternative medicine
    • Organic Chemistry

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