METABOLIC PRODUCTS OF MICROORGANISMS .255. NIKKOMYCIN-WZ AND NIKKOMYCIN-WX, NEW CHITIN SYNTHETASE INHIBITORS FROM STREPTOMYCES-TENDAE

Two new dipeptidyl nikkomycins of the Z and X type were isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces tendae TÜ 901/395-11/32 and characterized. They show a variation in the amino acid moiety of the molecule. Nikkomycin Wz is composed of L-tyrosine and 5-amino-5-deoxy-D-allo-furanuronic acid N-glycosidally bound to uracil, whereas nikkomycin Wx is composed of L-tyrosine and 5-amino-5-deoxy-D-allo-furanuronic acid N-glycosidally bound to 4-formyl-4-imidazolin-2-one. The new nikkomycins are good inhibitors of chitin synthetase from Coprinus cinereus but they did not inhibit growth of fungi and yeasts. © 1990, JAPAN ANTIBIOTICS RESEARCH ASSOCIATION. All rights reserved.