Isolation and structure of the sex pheromone inhibitor, iAM373, of Enterococcus faecalis.
An Enterococcus faecalis plasmid, pAM373, has a high frequency of transfer in a liquid medium when induced by a recipient-produced sex pheromone, cAM373. The sex pheromone inhibitor against cAM373, termed iAM373, was isolated from a culture supernatant of E. faecalis harboring pAM377 (= pAM373::Tn917), and its structure was identified as a heptapeptide, H-Ser-Ile-Phe-Thr-Leu-Val-Ala-OH).
Nakayama
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Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Ono
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Suzuki
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010957:Plasmids; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
D009842:Oligopeptides; D012724:Sex Attractants; C095646:sex pheromone inhibitor iAM373