ISSN:
0006-3525
Keywords:
Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The 21-peptide amide antibiotic gallidermin is a potential therapeutic against acne disease. It belongs to the class of polycyclic lanthionine and α,β-clidehydroamino acids containing polypeptides, which were named “lantibiotics.” The structural gene of the recently elucidated lantibiotic gallidermin encodes a precursor peptide containing Ser, Thr, and Cys residues in the Oterminal prolantibiotic part, and an unusually hydrophilic leader peptide. The ribosomally synthesized pregallidermin is posttranslationally modified and processed to a complex peptide antibiotic with four/sulfide rings and two unsaturated residues.The complete solution structure of gallidermin was determined in triffuoroethanol : water (95 : 5) and dimethylsulfoxide by two-dimensional 1H-nmr at 500 MHz, using a combination of double quantum filtered correlated spectroscopy, homonuclear Hartman-Hahn, and nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy experiments. Using a total number of 152 distance constraints from NOEs and 14 torsional constraints, derived from coupling constants, we obtained a screwlike solution structure of gallidermin. Restrained molecular dynamics simulations yielded a set of five converging structures with an atomic rms difference of 1.7 Å for the backbone atoms, not dependent on the starting structure. The spatial structure model is in excellent agreement with the amphiphilic and channel-forming properties of gallidermin on membranes and its tryptic cleavage at the exposed site between residues 13 and 14.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.360310626
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