Planta Med 2012; 78 - PJ93
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1321253

Spectroscopic networking based dereplication applied to a strain of Moorea producens affords a fuller picture of its metabolome

PD Boudreau 1, PC Dorrestein 2, 3, WH Gerwick 1, 3
  • 1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
  • 2Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
  • 3Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States

Moorea producens JHB is a well-studied strain of cyanobacteria from which our laboratory has isolated hectochlorin (1), and the jamacamides (2–4). Using spectroscopic networking an extract of this cyanobacterium was profiled based on the MS2 fragmentation patterns of the metabolome. While the known compounds 1–4 were readily observed, a suite of unreported compounds related to 1 were also observed, along with another independent series of compounds related to 2–4. These minor metabolites and the techniques used to discover them will be presented.