Hai Y, Wei MY, Wang CY, Gu YC, Shao CL. The intriguing chemistry and biology of sulfur-containing natural products from marine microorganisms (1987-2020).
MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021;
3:488-518. [PMID:
37073258 PMCID:
PMC10077240 DOI:
10.1007/s42995-021-00101-2]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
Natural products derived from marine microorganisms have received great attention as a potential resource of new compound entities for drug discovery. The unique marine environment brings us a large group of sulfur-containing natural products with abundant biological functionality including antitumor, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory and antiviral activities. We reviewed all the 484 sulfur-containing natural products (non-sulfated) isolated from marine microorganisms, of which 59.9% are thioethers, 29.8% are thiazole/thiazoline-containing compounds and 10.3% are sulfoxides, sulfones, thioesters and many others. A selection of 133 compounds was further discussed on their structure-activity relationships, mechanisms of action, biosynthesis, and druggability. This is the first systematic review on sulfur-containing natural products from marine microorganisms conducted from January 1987, when the first one was reported, to December 2020.
Supplementary Information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-021-00101-2.
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