Characterization of an antifungal glycolipid secreted by the yeast Sympodiomycopsis paphiopedili

FEMS Yeast Res. 2004 Dec;5(3):247-52. doi: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2004.07.008.

Abstract

An antifungal glycolipid was purified from the culture liquid of the ustilaginomycetous yeast Sympodiomycopsis paphiopedili by column and thin-layer chromatography. According to nuclear magnetic resonance and mass-spectroscopy experiments it was a cellobioside containing 2,15,16-trihydroxypalmitic acid as an aglycon. The minimal effective concentrations leading to ATP leakage and growth inhibition were 45 and 160 microg ml(-1) for Cryptococcus terreus and Candida albicans, respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry*
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Basidiomycota / chemistry
  • Basidiomycota / metabolism*
  • Basidiomycota / physiology
  • Candida albicans / growth & development
  • Chromatography, Thin Layer
  • Cryptococcus / growth & development
  • Glycolipids / chemistry*
  • Glycolipids / isolation & purification
  • Glycolipids / metabolism
  • Glycolipids / pharmacology
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Glycolipids
  • Adenosine Triphosphate