Oosporein
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Category | Antibiotics |
Catalog number | BBF-02151 |
CAS | 475-54-7 |
Molecular Weight | 306.22 |
Molecular Formula | C14H10O8 |
Purity | ≥95% |
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Description
Oosporein is a quinone antibiotic produced by the strain of Oospora colorans, etc. It is resistant to gram-positive bacteria.
Specification
Synonyms | NSC 88466; BRN 1892735; 3,3',6,6'-Tetrahydroxy-5,5'-dimethyl-2,2'-bi-p-benzoquinone |
Storage | Store at -20°C |
IUPAC Name | 2-(2,5-dihydroxy-4-methyl-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl)-3,6-dihydroxy-5-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione |
Canonical SMILES | CC1=C(C(=O)C(=C(C1=O)O)C2=C(C(=O)C(=C(C2=O)O)C)O)O |
InChI | InChI=1S/C14H10O8/c1-3-7(15)11(19)5(12(20)8(3)16)6-13(21)9(17)4(2)10(18)14(6)22/h15,17,20,22H,1-2H3 |
InChI Key | DHMPJEGFPQTNFX-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
Properties
Appearance | Orange Diamond Crystals |
Antibiotic Activity Spectrum | Gram-positive bacteria |
Boiling Point | 398.0±42.0°C at 760 mmHg |
Melting Point | 308-314°C |
Density | 1.943±0.06 g/cm3 |
Reference Reading
1. Oosporein Produced by Root Endophytic Chaetomium cupreum Promotes the Growth of Host Plant, Miscanthus sinensis, under Aluminum Stress at the Appropriate Concentration
Toshikatsu Haruma, Kohei Doyama, Xingyan Lu, Takahiko Arima, Toshifumi Igarashi, Shingo Tomiyama, Keiko Yamaji Plants (Basel). 2022 Dec 21;12(1):36. doi: 10.3390/plants12010036.
Chaetomium cupreum, a root endophyte in Miscanthus sinensis, enhances Al tolerance in M. sinensis by changing aluminum (Al) localization and the production of a siderophore, oosporein, which chelates Al for detoxification. Oosporein has various functions, including insecticidal activity, phytotoxicity, antifungal activity, and a siderophore. In our study, we focused on the detoxification effect of oosporein as a siderophore and on the growth of M. sinensis under Al exposure. In addition, the phytotoxicity of oosporein to M. sinensis was confirmed to compare with those in Lactuca sativa and Oryza sativa as control plants. Under Al stress, oosporein promoted plant growth in M. sinensis seedlings at 10 ppm, which was the same concentration as that detected in M. sinensis roots infected with C. cupreum in our previous study. Oosporein also showed low phytotoxicity to M. sinensis compared with L. sativa at even high concentrations of oosporein. These results suggest that the concentration of oosporein in M. sinensis roots would be maintained at the appropriate concentration to detoxify Al and would promote M. sinensis growth under Al stress, although oosporein would show low phytotoxicity to the natural host plant, M. sinensis, compared with the non-host plant, L. sativa.
2. Characterization of a Biofilm Bioreactor Designed for the Single-Step Production of Aerial Conidia and Oosporein by Beauveria bassiana PQ2
Héctor Raziel Lara-Juache, José Guadalupe Ávila-Hernández, Luis Víctor Rodríguez-Durán, Mariela Ramona Michel, Jorge Enrique Wong-Paz, Diana Beatriz Muñiz-Márquez, Fabiola Veana, Mayra Aguilar-Zárate, Juan Alberto Ascacio-Valdés, Pedro Aguilar-Zárate J Fungi (Basel). 2021 Jul 21;7(8):582. doi: 10.3390/jof7080582.
Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungus that is used for the biological control of different agricultural pest insects. B. bassiana is traditionally cultivated in submerged fermentation and solid-state fermentation systems to obtain secondary metabolites with antifungal activity and infective spores. This work presents the design and characterization of a new laboratory-scale biofilm bioreactor for the simultaneous production of oosporein and aerial conidia by B. bassiana PQ2. The reactor was built with materials available in a conventional laboratory. KLa was determined at different air flows (1.5-2.5 L/min) by two different methods in the liquid phase and in the exhaust gases. The obtained values showed that an air flow of 2.5 L/min is sufficient to ensure adequate aeration to produce aerial conidia and secondary metabolites by B. bassiana. Under the conditions studied, a concentration of 183 mg oosporein per liter and 1.24 × 109 spores per gram of support was obtained at 168 h of culture. These results indicate that the biofilm bioreactor represents a viable alternative for the production of products for biological control from B. bassiana.
3. Transcription Factors BbPacC and Bbmsn2 Jointly Regulate Oosporein Production in Beauveria bassiana
Xi Chen, Wenwen Zhang, Junyao Wang, Shengan Zhu, Xinchi Shen, Hongjun Chen, Yanhua Fan Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Dec 21;10(6):e0311822. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03118-22. Epub 2022 Nov 23.
The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana can produce the secondary metabolite oosporein under alkaline conditions or in fungus-killed cadavers. However, the regulatory mechanism of oosporein synthesis is not fully understood. In thisstudy, we found that the pH signaling transcription factor BbPacC is involved in the regulation of oosporein production. Overexpression of BbPacC promotes oosporein production in B. bassiana at pH 6.0 or under alkaline conditions (pH 8.0), but deletion of this gene abolished oosporein production. Under acidic conditions (pH 4.0), no oosporein production was observed in the wild-type and BbPacC overexpression strains. Yeast one-hybrid assays and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) confirmed the binding ability of BbPacC with 4 putative PacC-binding sites in the promoter region of BbOpS3, a transcription factor located in the oosporein synthetic gene cluster regulating the expression of oosporein synthetic genes. Overexpression of Bbmsn2, a previously reported negative regulator of oosporein synthesis, in OEPacC or wild-type strains abolished oosporein production in all tested conditions. However, deletion of Bbmsn2 in the BbPacC overexpression strain significantly improved oosporein production even at pH 4.0. These results indicated that BbPacC is a positive regulator of oosporein production and functions jointly with Bbmsn2 to regulate oosporein production in different environments and particularly under alkaline conditions. IMPORTANCE B. bassiana produces the red dibenzoquinone pigment oosporein under certain specific conditions, such as alkaline conditions and fungus-killed cadavers. Ooporein possesses antibiotic and insect immune inhibition activities and plays multiple roles during the infection process of B. bassiana against insect hosts. Several negative regulators involved in oosporein synthesis have been reported; however, we know little about the positive regulators outside the biosynthetic gene cluster. Here, we found that the pH signaling transcription factor BbPacC positively regulates oosporein production by binding to several PacC-binding sites. In addition, our results also indicate that BbPacC jointly acts with the negative regulator Bbmsn2 to regulate oosporein synthesis. Our results provide insight into understanding the regulatory mechanism of oosporein production as well as targets to engineer B. bassiana strains producing high levels of oosporein.
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