title: Sequence diversity of the peptaibol antibiotic suzukacillin-A from the mold Trichoderma viride.
abstract: From the culture broth of the mold Trichoderma viride, strain 63 C-I, the polypeptide antibiotic suzukacillin (SZ) was isolated. A peptide mixture named SZ-A was obtained by crystallization from crude SZ. Individual peptides from SZ-A were isolated by semipreparative HPLC and sequences were determined by HPLC-ESI-MS. The data confirm a general sequence of SZ-A published previously and in addition establish the individual sequences of 15 acetylated eicosa peptides with C-terminal alcohols. The major peptide SZ-A4 (21% of all peptides) shows the sequence:Ac-Aib-Ala-Aib-Ala-Aib-Ala(6)-Gln-Aib-Lx(9)-Aib-Gly-Aib(12)-Aib-Pro-Vx(15)-Aib-Vx(17)-Gln-Gln-Fol. Amino acid exchanges of the peptaibol are located in position 6 (Ala/Aib), 9 (Vx/Lx), 12 (Aib/Lx), 17 (Aib/Vx) and possibly at position15 (Val/Iva) (uncommon abbreviations: Aib (alpha-aminoisobutyric acid); Iva (D-isovaline); Lx (L-leucine or L-isoleucine); Vx (L-valine or D-isovaline); Fol (L-phenylalaninol)).
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Research Center, Department of Food Sciences, University of Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Corina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirschbaum
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brückner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010455:Peptides; C016123:suzukacillin