Amino acid variability in the peptide composition of a suite of amphiphilic peptide siderophores from an open ocean Vibrio species.

TitleAmino acid variability in the peptide composition of a suite of amphiphilic peptide siderophores from an open ocean Vibrio species.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsGauglitz JM, Butler A
JournalJ Biol Inorg Chem
Volume18
Issue5
Pagination489-97
Date Published2013 Jun
ISSN1432-1327
KeywordsAmino Acids, Molecular Structure, Peptides, Siderophores, Surface-Active Agents, Vibrio
Abstract

In response to iron-depleted aerobic conditions, bacteria often secrete low molecular weight, high-affinity iron(III)-complexing ligands, siderophores, to solubilize and sequester iron(III). Many marine siderophores are amphiphilic and are produced in suites, wherein each member within a particular suite has the same iron(III)-binding polar head group which is appended by one or two fatty acids of differing length, degree of unsaturation, and degree of hydroxylation, establishing the suite composition. We report the isolation and structural characterization of a suite of siderophores from marine bacterial isolate Vibrio sp. Nt1. On the basis of structural analysis, this suite of siderophores, the moanachelins, is amphiphilic and composed of two N-acetyl-N-hydroxy-D-ornithines, one N-acetyl-N-hydroxy-L-ornithine, and either a glycine or an L-alanine, appended with various saturated and unsaturated fatty acid tails. The variation in the small side-chain amino acid is the first occurrence of variation in the peptidic head group structure of a set of siderophores produced by a single bacterium.

DOI10.1007/s00775-013-0995-3
Alternate JournalJ. Biol. Inorg. Chem.
PubMed ID23564034
PubMed Central IDPMC3672246
Grant ListGM38130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
R01 GM038130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States