Examination of the Antimicrobial Peptide Myticalin A6 Active Site.

In 2017, Leoni et al. reported myticalins as novel cationic linear antimicrobial peptides obtained from marine mussels. The authors focused on myticalin A6 (29 amino acids), which has a relatively short chain length among myticalins and contains a repeating X-proline(Pro)-arginine (Arg) sequence in its structure.

Development of des-fatty acyl-polymyxin B decapeptide analogs with Pseudomonas aeruginosa-specific antimicrobial activity.

Twelve N-terminal analogs of des-fatty acyl-polymyxin B (Des-FA-[X(1)]-PMB, X=various amino acids or peptides) were synthesized and examined for their antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P.

Contribution of each amino acid residue in polymyxin B(3) to antimicrobial and lipopolysaccharide binding activity.

This study on the structure-activity relationship of polymyxin B, a cyclic peptide antibiotic, used sixteen synthetic polymyxin B(3) analogs including alanine scanning analogs to elucidate the contribution of the side chains to antimicrobial activity and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding. Of these analogs, [Ala(5)]-polymyxin B(3) showed greatly reduced antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli), Salmonella Typhimurium (S.

Semi-synthesis of polymyxin B (2-10) and colistin (2-10) analogs employing the Trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc) group for side chain protection of alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid residues.

Improved strategies for the chemical conversion of natural polymyxin B and colistin to their N-terminal analogs are reported. First, the protection of the side chains of five L-alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid (Dab) residues in natural polymyxin B and colistin was achieved with trichloroethoxycarbonyl (Troc), then the resulting pentakis(N gamma-Troc)-polymyxin B and pentakis(N gamma)Troc)-colistin were treated with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) : methanesulfonic acid (MSA) : dimethylformamide (DMF) : H2O (10 : 30 : 55 : 5) at 40 degrees C in order to remove N alpha-alkanoyl-Dab(Troc)-OH selectively. The new key compounds, tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-polymyxin B (2-10) and tetrakis(N gamma-Troc)-colistin (2-10), were obtained in 19% and 15% yields, respectively, which is higher than previous reports using trifluoroacetyl (Tfa) for tetrakis(N gamma-Tfa)-polymyxin B (2-10) and tetrakis(N gamma-Tfa)-colistin (2-10), respectively.

Hydrolytic cleavage of pyroglutamyl-peptide bond. V. selective removal of pyroglutamic acid from biologically active pyroglutamylpeptides in high concentrations of aqueous methanesulfonic acid.

Application of aqueous methanesulfonic acid (MSA) for selective chemical removal of pyroglutamic acid (pGlu) residue from five biologically active pyroglutamyl-peptides (pGlu-X-peptides, X=amino acid residue at position 2) was examined. Gonadotropin releasing hormone (Gn-RH), dog neuromedin U-8 (d-NMU-8), physalaemin (PH), a bradykinin potentiating peptide (BPP-5a) and neurotensin (NT) as pGlu-X-peptides were incubated in either 70% or 90% aqueous MSA at 25 degrees C. HPLC analysis of the incubation solutions showed that the main decomposition product was H-X-peptide derived from each pGlu-X-peptide by the removal of pGlu.

HPLC analysis of fatty acyl-glycine in the aqueous methanesulfonic acid hydrolysates of N-terminally fatty acylated peptides.

Acylation with long-chain fatty acids is a common modification at the N-terminal glycine residues of natural proteins. In this work, we performed HPLC analysis of myristoylglycine (Myr-Gly-OH), palmitoylglycine (Pal-Gly-OH) or lauroylglycine (Lau-Gly-OH), which were produced in the hydrolysates of synthetic Myr-Gly-, Pal-Gly-, or Lau-Gly-peptides, respectively, by means of a mild acid hydrolysis in methanesulfonic acid : dioxane : water (2 : 1 : 1) at 60 degrees C for 12 h. Myr-Gly-OH, Pal-Gly-OH and Lau-Gly-OH were quite stable under hydrolysis conditions.