title: Conformation and membrane activity of an analogue of the peptaibol antibiotic trichogin GA IV with a lipophilic amino acid at the N-terminus.
abstract: We have synthesized by solution-phase methods two analogues of the 11-residue lipopeptaibol antibiotic trichogin GA IV in which the N-terminal n-octanoyl group is replaced either by an N-acetylated 2-amino-2-methyl-L-undecanoic acid or by an N-acetylated alpha-aminoisobutyric acid. CD, FTIR absorption. and NMR analyses unequivocally show that the main structural features of trichogin GA IV are preserved in these analogues. Since only the peptide containing the lipophilic chain exhibits membrane-modifying properties, these results strongly support the view that moving the long acyl moiety from the Nalpha-blocking group to the side chain of the N-terminal extra-residue does not affect the conformational properties or the membrane activity of trichogin GA IV.
authors.affiliation: Biopolymer Research Center, C.N.R., University of Padova, Department of Organic Chemistry, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Locardi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mammi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peggion
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Monaco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formaggio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crisma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Toniolo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bodo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rebuffat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamphuis
authors.forename: Q B
authors.initials: QB
authors.lastname: Broxterman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D006020:Glycopeptides; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008081:Liposomes; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010455:Peptides; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D006020:Glycopeptides; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008081:Liposomes; D010455:Peptides; C116419:trichogin GA IV