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Sarah E. O'Connor.
Hanlon, Amy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
2007-06-28T12:24:20Z
2007-06-28T12:24:20Z
2006
2006
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37692
129988674
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 18).
Cyclosporin A induced biosynthesis of colored compounds in three species of Aspergillus. Diode array HPLC MS analysis of culture extracts revealed Aspergillus terreus demonstrated the most profound response, with upregulation of more then twelve compounds from three distinct chemical families; butyrolactones, aspulvinones, and asterriquinones. Compounds from these three families are prenylated, and biosynthetically derived from homodimers of amino acids. The majority of the upregulated compounds were the aspulvinones, a class of butenolides. Structural elucidation of four isolated aspulvinones revealed both known and novel structures. Inducer concentration had a significant impact on aspulvinone profile. Bioassay revealed previously unreported antibacterial activity for the aspulvinones. A high-throughput colorimetric screen was designed to probe the response. The screen of 2480 known bioactives revealed multiple compounds capable of inducing aspulvinone production, and one compound, rapamycin, capable of inhibiting the response. Additionally, the increase in aspulvinone production was correlated with a decrease in culture density, indicating aspulvinone production is a general stress response.
by Amy Hanlon.
S.M.
18 leaves
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Stress and release : chemical modulation of secondary metabolite production in Aspergillus sp.
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