Closthioamide: an unprecedented polythioamide antibiotic from the strictly anaerobic bacterium Clostridium cellulolyticum.

Lincke T, Behnken S, Ishida K, Roth M, Hertweck C (2010) Closthioamide: an unprecedented polythioamide antibiotic from the strictly anaerobic bacterium Clostridium cellulolyticum. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 49(11), 2011-2013.

Abstract

Choose sulfur in an oxygen-free world: Closthioamide (1) was isolated from the anaerobeClostridium cellulolyticum (see SEM image) after the induction of its biosynthesis with an aqueous soil extract. An unprecedented type of symmetrical natural product in which all building blocks are connected through thioamide linkages, 1 is active against multiresistant staphylococci. It is the only known secondary metabolite from a strictly anaerobic bacterium.

Leibniz-HKI-Authors

Christian Hertweck
Keishi Ishida
Mie Ishida-Ito
Martin Roth

Identifier

doi: 10.1002/anie.200906114

PMID: 20157900