Isolation and Structure Determination of Novamethymycin, a New Bioactive Metabolite of the Methymycin Biosynthetic Pathway in Streptomyces venezuelae

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Novamethymycin (9), a novel macrolide antibiotic, was isolated from Streptomyces venezuelae, the producer of methymycin (4) and neomethymycin (5). Spectroscopic analysis of 9 indicated that it is highly related to 4 and 5 but contains hydroxy groups at both C-10 and C-12 on the macrolactone ring. Bioconversion studies using the PikC cytochrome P450 hydroxylase demonstrated that 4 is converted to 9, further broadening the remarkable substrate flexibility of this enzyme.