Galiellalactone and its biogenetic precursors as chemotaxonomic markers of the Sarcosomataceae (Ascomycota) |
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Authors: | Köpcke Bärbel Weber Roland W S Anke Heidrun |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research, Erwin-Schr?dinger-Str. 56, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. |
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Abstract: | (-)-Galiellalactone is a hexaketide metabolite with interesting pharmacological activities which was detected in four strains of Galiella rufa (Sarcosomataceae, Ascomycota) and in two unidentified fungi shown by their 18S rDNA sequences also to belong to the Sarcosomataceae. These were a wood-inhabiting apothecial species from Chile and an endophytic isolate from Cistus salviifolius (Sardinia). Other members of the family (Urnula helvelloides, one Strumella coryneoidea isolate) produced no galiellalactone but merely hexaketides structurally related to galiellalactone precursors, whereas a third group of species (Sarcosoma latahensis, Strumella griseola, one S. coryneoidea isolate) lacked hexaketide production altogether. Despite thorough screening programmes, galiellalactone and its precursors have not yet been found in any fungus outside the Sarcosomataceae and may thus be a chemotaxonomic marker of the family, supporting its current phylogenetic definition. Two pentaketide derivatives of the 6-pentyl-alpha-pyrone type were found in all G. rufa strains as well as in A111-95 and the hexaketide-producing S. coryneoidea isolate. |
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Keywords: | Galiella Sarcosoma Strumella Urnula Sarcosomataceae Cistus Chemotaxonomy Phylogeny Endophyte Polyketides Galiellalactone |
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