Zooxanthellamide B, a novel large polyhydroxy metabolite from a marine dinoflagellate of Symbiodinium sp

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Apr;68(4):955-8. doi: 10.1271/bbb.68.955.

Abstract

Zooxanthellamide B, C(128)H(220)N(2)O(53)S(2), a polyhydroxy secondary metabolite, was isolated from a cultured marine dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium. A detailed 2D NMR analysis revealed the chemical structure as a delta-lactone analogue of zooxanthellamide A, which had previously been isolated from the same dinoflagellate by us. The relative configuration of the delta-lactone moiety was determined by NOE experiments and a coupling constant analysis, and that of other ring systems was found to be the same as zooxanthellamide A by the chemical correlation between zooxanthellamides A and B.

MeSH terms

  • Deuterium Oxide
  • Eukaryotic Cells / chemistry*
  • Eukaryotic Cells / metabolism*
  • Fatty Alcohols / chemistry*
  • Fatty Alcohols / isolation & purification
  • Fatty Alcohols / metabolism*
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Glycosides / metabolism*
  • Lactones / chemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Structure
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Fatty Alcohols
  • Glycosides
  • Lactones
  • zooxanthellamide B
  • Deuterium Oxide