Discovery and structural assignment of (S)-sydosine from amphipod-derived Aspergillus sydowii MBC15-11F through HRMS, advanced Mosher, and molecular modelling analyses

Mallique Qader*, Larry L. Mweetwa, Teppo Rämä, Bathini Thissera, Bruce F. Milne, Usama R. Abdelmohsen, Raha Orfali, Ahmed Tawfike, Manal Esheli, Emmanuel T. Oluwabusola, Lalith Jaysainghe, Marcel Jaspars, Mostafa E. Rateb*

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Abstract

Aims
This study aims to prioritize fungal strains recovered from under-explored habitats that produce new metabolites. HRMS dereplication is used to avoid structure redundancy, and molecular modelling is used to assign absolute configuration.

Methods and results
MBC15-11F was isolated from an amphipod and identified using ITS, 28S, and β-tubulin phylogeny as Aspergillus sydowii. Chemical profiling using taxonomic-based dereplication identified structurally diverse metabolites, including unreported ones. Large-scale fermentation led to the discovery of a new N-acyl adenosine derivative: (S)-sydosine (1) which was elucidated by NMR and HRESIMS analyses. Two known compounds were also identified as predicted by the initial dereplication process. Due to scarcity of 1, molecular modelling was used to assign its absolute configuration without hydrolysis, and is supported by advanced Mosher derivatization. When the isolated compounds were assessed against a panel of bacterial pathogens, only phenamide (3) showed anti-Staphylococcus aureus activity.

Conclusion
Fermentation of A. sydowii yielded a new (S)-sydosine and known metabolites as predicted by HRESIMS-aided dereplication. Molecular modelling prediction of the absolute configuration of 1 agreed with advanced Mosher analysis.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberlxad158
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Applied Microbiology
Volume134
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jul 2023

Keywords

  • Aspergillus sydowii
  • deap-sea
  • (S)-sydosine
  • HRMS
  • dereplication
  • molecular modelling

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