title: Characterization of Fusarium graminearum inhibitory lipopeptide from Bacillus subtilis IB.
abstract: Bacillus subtilis strain IB exhibiting inhibitory activity against the Fusarium head blight disease fungus Fusarium graminearum was isolated and identified. The major inhibitory compound was purified from the culture broth through anion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) steps. It was a 1,463-Da lipopeptide and had an amino acid composition consisting of Ala, Glx, Ile, Orn, Pro, Thr, and Tyr at a molar ratio of 1:3:1:1:1:1:2. Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (ESI MS/MS) analyses of the natural and the ring-opened peptides showed the antagonist was fengycin, a kind of macrolactone molecule with antifungal activity produced by several Bacillus strains. Fluorescence microscopic analysis indicated this peptide permeabilized and disrupted F. graminearum hyphae.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, People's Republic of China. wangjun0457@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D055666:Lipopeptides; D008074:Lipoproteins; C049972:fengycin