Open AccessProkaryotic triterpenoids: Bacteriohopanetetrol glycuronosides from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 6907
Author(s) -
Llopiz Pierre,
Jürgens Uwe J.,
Rohmer Michel
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08336.x
Subject(s) - hopanoids , thermophile , cyanobacteria , triterpenoid , synechococcus , chemistry , glycoside , biochemistry , botany , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , stereochemistry , enzyme , genetics , paleontology , structural basin , source rock
Diploptene and composite triterpenoids of the hopane series, 35‐(0‐β‐galacturonosyl)‐2β‐methylbacteriohopanetetrol and 35‐(0‐α‐glucuronosyl)‐2β‐methylbacteriohopanetetrol, a novel hopanoid, as well as their non‐methylated equivalents, were isolated from the temperature resistant cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 6907. This is the first report of rare bacteriohopanetetrol glycosides containing glycuronic acid moieties from a cyanobacterium.