Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1359353 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2014 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

Calyculin C, a minor derivative of the calyculins, has an additional methyl group on C32 of calyculin A. A recent biosynthetic study of calyculins revealed that an end product of calyculin biosynthesis is the pyrophosphate form, phosphocalyculin A. However, the pyrophosphate counterpart derived from calyculin C had not been reported. We isolated phosphocalyculin C as a minor pyrophosphate derivative, by a detailed investigation of an extract from the sponge Discodermia calyx. The treatment of phosphocalyculin C with the D. calyx cell-free extract significantly enhanced its cytotoxicity, providing molecular evidence for its role as the protoxin of calyculin C.

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