Structural studies of new macrolide antibiotics, shurimycins A and B

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1994 Jun;47(6):688-96. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.47.688.

Abstract

The structures of new antibiotics, shurimycins A and B produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus A1491, were elucidated from the physico-chemical properties, 2D NMR techniques and chemical degradation experiments to be 36-membered macrolides related to azalomycins, scopafungin and guanidylfungins. Shurimycins were active against fungi and Gram-positive bacteria.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / biosynthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Fermentation
  • Fungi / drug effects
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Hydrolysis
  • Macrolides*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Streptomyces / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Macrolides
  • shurimycin B
  • shurimycin A