Title | Amino acid variability in the peptide composition of a suite of amphiphilic peptide siderophores from an open ocean Vibrio species. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Gauglitz JM, Butler A |
Journal | J Biol Inorg Chem |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 489-97 |
Date Published | 2013 Jun |
ISSN | 1432-1327 |
Keywords | Amino 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. |
DOI | 10.1007/s00775-013-0995-3 |
Alternate Journal | J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. |
PubMed ID | 23564034 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3672246 |
Grant List | GM38130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States R01 GM038130 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States |