文摘
Further chemical investigation of a marine-derived bacterium of the genus Streptomyces has led to the isolation of ansalactams B–D (1–3) along with the previously reported metabolite ansalactam A (4). Ansalactams B–D are significantly modified ansamycins, representing three new carbon skeletons and further illustrating the biosynthetic plasticity of the ansalactam class. Unlike ansalactam A, ansalactams B and D are penta- and hexacyclic metabolites, while ansalactam C illustrates an open polyene chain with a terminal carboxylic acid.