title: Assignment of the configurations of the amino acids in peptidic siderophores.
abstract: Pyoverdins and azotobactins contain beta-hydroxyaspartic acid, N delta-hydroxyornithine, citrulline and homoserine, in addition to the common protein amino acids. Configuration assignment of all of these was achieved by acid hydrolysis of the peptide, derivatization of the constituent amino acids to the N-pentafluoropropionyl amino acid esters and gas chromatographic separation of the stereoisomers on capillaries coated with Chirasil-Val. This approach is straightforward for the protein amino acids, but the less common amino acids are either partially degraded during acid hydrolysis or their derivatives exhibit unfavourable gas chromatographic properties. By judicious combination of partial and total hydrolysis and dual derivatization, these problems may be overcome.
authors.affiliation: Associé au CNRS U A31, Département de Chimie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demange
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Abdallah
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents / Q000032:analysis*; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000032:analysis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism; D017262:Siderophores
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010455:Peptides; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D017262:Siderophores; C042453:pyoverdin