Chang S C, Lu K L, Yeh S F
Department of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 Apr;59(4):981-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.59.4.981-986.1993.
PR toxin is a secondary metabolite of the fungus Penicillium roqueforti. It is lethal to rats, mice, and cats. Usually, the amount of PR toxin in the culture medium decreases from its maximum on day 15 to zero within 3 to 4 days. We found that two were secondary metabolites produced in the culture medium of this fungus while the production of PR toxin was decreasing. We isolated and purified the two compounds in pure and colorless crystalline form. On the basis of elemental analysis and mass, 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, and UV spectroscopies, the two compounds were identified as PR-imine (C17H21O5N) and PR-amide (C17H21O6N). The structures of both compounds and of PR toxin (C17H20O6) were closely related, and the peak production of PR toxin appeared earlier than those of PR-imine and PR-amide. Moreover, PR toxin was transformed to PR-imine when PR toxin was incubated with the culture medium on a given culture day. Thus, we propose that PR toxin is degraded into PR-imine and PR-amide in the culture medium of P. roqueforti.
PR毒素是罗克福青霉产生的一种次级代谢产物。它对大鼠、小鼠和猫具有致死性。通常,培养基中PR毒素的含量从第15天的最大值在3至4天内降至零。我们发现,在这种真菌的培养基中,当PR毒素的产量下降时,会产生两种次级代谢产物。我们以纯净无色晶体形式分离并纯化了这两种化合物。基于元素分析、质谱、1H和13C核磁共振、红外和紫外光谱,这两种化合物被鉴定为PR-亚胺(C17H21O5N)和PR-酰胺(C17H21O6N)。这两种化合物以及PR毒素(C17H20O6)的结构密切相关,PR毒素的产量峰值比PR-亚胺和PR-酰胺出现得更早。此外,在特定培养日将PR毒素与培养基一起孵育时,PR毒素会转化为PR-亚胺。因此,我们提出PR毒素在罗克福青霉的培养基中会降解为PR-亚胺和PR-酰胺。