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MARINE DRUGS
Volume 20, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md20110673
Keywords
marine sponge holobiont; Callyspongia subarmigera; linear peptide; cyanobacteria; molecular networking; MS; MS
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- ATM CHEMCYANGROV from the 2019 MNHN grant (France)
- project biodiversity of microorganisms 2021 CiaAQ (Italy)
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This study examined a unique molecular family restricted to the Callyspongia genus, discovering a series of rare linear peptides. The structure of one peptide was determined through various analyses, and proposed structures for several other peptides were also suggested. Interestingly, similar substances were found in the molecular network of cyanobacteria strains, indicating that sponge-associated cyanobacteria might be the true producers of these peptides.
A detailed examination of a unique molecular family, restricted to the Callyspongia genus, in a molecular network obtained from an in-house Haplosclerida marine sponge collection (including Haliclona, Callyspongia, Xestospongia, and Petrosia species) led to the discovery of subarmigerides, a series of rare linear peptides from Callyspongia subarmigera, a genus mainly known for polyacetylenes and lipids. The structure of the sole isolated peptide, subarmigeride A (1) was elucidated through extensive 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy, HRMS/MS, and Marfey's method to assign its absolute configuration. The putative structures of seven additional linear peptides were proposed by an analysis of their respective MS/MS spectra and a comparison of their fragmentation patterns with the heptapeptide 1. Surprisingly, several structurally related analogues of subarmigeride A (1) occurred in one distinct cluster from the molecular network of the cyanobacteria strains of the Guadeloupe mangroves, suggesting that the true producer of this peptide family might be the microbial sponge-associated community, i.e., the sponge-associated cyanobacteria.
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