| Literature DB >> 12717761 |
Marc Volkmann1, Kenia Whitehead, Heike Rütters, Jürgen Rullkötter, Anna A Gorbushina.
Abstract
Microcolonial ascomycetes are known to inhabit bare rock surfaces in cold and hot deserts and thus are habitually exposed to high levels of solar radiation. Several of these stress-tolerant fungal isolates, cultivated in the laboratory under daylight illumination, were studied for the presence of effective UV-radiation protection substances. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analyses allowed for efficient separation and structure clarification of two mycosporines. It was demonstrated that both mycosporine-glutamicol-glucoside and mycosporine-glutaminol-glucoside are natural and constitutive secondary metabolites of microcolonial fungi. The function and relation of these substances in the fungal cell are discussed. Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12717761 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom ISSN: 0951-4198 Impact factor: 2.419