Isolation and structure of bacterial sex pheromone, cPD1.
The Streptococcus faecalis sex pheromone cPD1, which induces a mating response in cells harboring the conjugative plasmid pPD1, has been isolated and its structure determined. It was found to have a molecular weight of 912, and its amino acid sequence was H-Phe-Leu-Val-Met-Phe-Leu-Ser-Gly-OH. A synthetic octapeptide showed the same biological activity and chromatographic behavior as the isolated cPD1. Pheromone activity was detectable at a concentration of approximately 4 X 10(-11)M.
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000502:physiology*; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010957:Plasmids; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D009842:Oligopeptides; D010675:Pheromones; D012724:Sex Attractants; C043210:Streptococcus faecalis sex pheromone cPD1