In the course of our screening program for regulators of a molecular chaperone GRP78 expression, we isolated a novel inhibitor of GRP78expression, designated as prunustatin A, from
Streptomyces violaceoniger 4521-SVS3. The planar structure of prunustatin A was determinedto be an oxidized type of the neoantimycin family. Its absolute stereochemistry was established to be 2
R, 4
S, 6
S, 7
R, 9
S, and 29
S by analyzingchemically degraded components obtained from the derivative of prunustatin A.