文摘
Two new peptaibols, septocylindrin A (1) and septocylindrin B (2), related to the well-studied membrane-channel-forming peptaibol alamethicin, were obtained from a terrestrial isolate of the fungus Septocylindrium sp. Both 1 and 2are linear 19-amino acid peptides with a modified phenylalanine C-terminus. Analysis of the HRMS data indicated thatthey differ only in the 18th residue, where 1 contains Glu and 2 contains Gln. The structures of these two peptaibolswere determined by extensive NMR and HRMS analysis. The absolute configurations of amino acids present in 1 weredetermined using Marfey's methodology. Both compounds were isolated through bioassay-guided fractionation andexhibited significant antibacterial and antifungal activity.