Structure of bacillomycin D, a new antibiotic of the iturin group

Eur J Biochem. 1981 Aug;118(2):323-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1981.tb06405.x.

Abstract

Bacillomycin D is an antifungal agent extracted from the culture medium of a strain of Bacillus subtilis. It is a mixture of two homologous lipopeptides: the lipid moiety consists of 3-amino-12-methyltridecanoic acid or 3-amino-12-methyltetradecanoic acid; the peptide moiety contains one residue of each of the following seven amino acid: D-asparagine, L-aspartate, L-glutamate, L-proline, D-serine, L-threonine and D- tyrosine. The peptide sequence and the cyclic structure were determined by structural analysis of the peptides obtained by mild acid hydrolysis and by cleavage of the molecule with N-bromosuccinimide.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / analysis*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Peptides*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / analysis
  • Solubility
  • Water

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Peptides
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • Water
  • bacillomycin D