Chemistry:Andrastin A

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Andrastin A
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Names
IUPAC name
(3S,5R,8S,9R,10S,13R,14R)-methyl 3-acetoxy-10-formyl-4,4,8,12,13,16-hexamethyl-15,17-dioxo-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-14-carboxylate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
Properties
C28H38O7
Molar mass 486.605 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Andrastin A is a farnesyltransferase inhibitor isolate of Penicillium species including Penicillium albocoremium[1] and Penicillium roqueforti.[2] It has been produced bio-synthetically by porting the relevant gene sequence into Aspergillus oryzae.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Andrastin A and barceloneic acid metabolites, protein farnesyl transferase inhibitors from Penicillium albocoremium: chemotaxonomic significance and pathological implications". Mycol Res 109 (Pt 11): 1243–1249. 2005. doi:10.1017/S0953756205003734. PMID 16279417. 
  2. "Andrastins A-D, Penicillium roqueforti Metabolites consistently produced in blue-mold-ripened cheese". J. Agric. Food Chem. 53 (8): 2908–13. April 2005. doi:10.1021/jf047983u. PMID 15826038. 
  3. Matsuda, Yudai; Awakawa, Takayoshi; Abe, Ikuro (September 2013). "Reconstituted biosynthesis of fungal meroterpenoid andrastin A". Tetrahedron 69 (38): 8199–8204. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2013.07.029.