Lajollamycin, a Nitro-tetraene Spiro-β-lactone-γ-lactam Antibiotic from the Marine Actinomycete <i>Streptomyces </i><i>n</i><i>odosus</i>

Abstract

A strain of Streptomyces nodosus (NPS007994) isolated from a marine sediment collected in Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California, was found to produce lajollamycin (1), a nitro-tetraene spiro-beta-lactone-gamma-lactam antibiotic. The structure was established by complete analysis of spectroscopic data and comparison with known antibiotics oxazolomycin (2), 16-methyloxazolomycin (3), and triedimycin B (4). Lajollamycin (1) showed antimicrobial activity against both drug-sensitive and -resistant Gram-positive bacteria and inhibited the growth of B16-F10 tumor cells in vitro.