Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 7, Issue 7, Pages 1078-1088Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200600066
Keywords
alkaloids; biosynthesis; fungal metabolism; heterocycles; natural products; pyrrolizidines
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Loline alkaloids are saturated pyrrolizidines with an oxygen bridge between carbon atoms C-2 and C-7 and an amino group on C-1. They are bioprotective alkaloids produced by Epichloe and Neotyphodium species, mutualistic fungal endophytes that are symbiotic with cool-season grasses. The sequence of bond formation in loline alkaloid biosynthesis was determined by synthesizing deuterated forms of potential intermediates and feeding them to cultures of the endophyte Neotyphodium uncinatum. These cultures incorporated deuterium from labeled N-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)proline and exo-1-aminopyrrolizidine into N-formylloline. The first result suggests that N-(3-amino-3-carboxypropyl)proline is the first committed intermediate in loline biosynthesis, and the second result demonstrates that they pyrrolizidine rings form before the ether bridge. The incorporation of these two compounds into lolines and the lack of incorporation of several related compounds clarity the order of bond formation in loline alkaloid biosynthesis.
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