Pyoluteorin

Pyoluteorin
Identifiers
  • (4,5-Dichloro-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-(2,6-dihydroxyphenyl)methanone
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEBI
ChEMBL
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC11H7Cl2NO3
Molar mass272.08 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)O)C(=O)C2=CC(=C(N2)Cl)Cl)O
  • InChI=InChI=1S/C11H7Cl2NO3/c12-5-4-6(14-11(5)13)10(17)9-7(15)2-1-3-8(9)16/h1-4,14-16H Y
  • Key:JPGWTZORMBTNMF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y

Pyoluteorin is a natural antibiotic that is biosynthesized from a hybrid nonribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and polyketide synthase (PKS) pathway. Pyoluteorin was first isolated in the 1950s from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains T359 and IFO 3455 and was found to be toxic against oomycetes, bacteria, fungi, and against certain plants. Pyoluteorin is most notable for its toxicity against the oomycete Pythium ultimum, which is a plant pathogen that causes a global loss in agriculture. Currently, pyoluteorin derivatives are being studied as an Mcl-1 antagonist in order to target cancers that have elevated Mcl-1 levels.