"Pseudoalteromonas januaria" SUT 11 as the source of rare lipodepsipeptides

Curr Microbiol. 2008 Mar;56(3):199-207. doi: 10.1007/s00284-007-9023-6. Epub 2008 Jan 8.

Abstract

The marine bacterium "Pseudoalteromonas januaria" SUT 11 isolated from a seawater sample produced the rare cell-bound cyclic lipodepsipeptides A/A', B/B', and C/C'. The matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectra indicated that one bromine atom presented in the peptides B/B' and C/C', whereas the component A/A' contained no bromine atom. The acyldepsipeptides A/A'-C/C' have an identical amino acid sequence, Thr-Val-Asn-Asn-Leu/allo-Ile, but differed in C-terminal amino acid and acyl moieties. Peptides A-C have Leu as a C-terminal amino acid, whereas peptides A'-C' have allo-Ile. Acyl moieties in peptides A/A', B/B', and C/C' have been found to consist of 11-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-undeca-2,4,6,8,10-pentaenic acid, 9-(3'-bromo-4'-hydroxyphenyl)-nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenic acid, and 11-(3'-bromo-4'-hydroxyphenyl)-undeca-2,4,6,8,10-pentaenic acid, respectively. The structure of a main pair of peptides B/B' with molecular masses 843/845 Da has been determined by means of ultraviolet, infrared, and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We have demonstrated that tandem nano-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is a very efficient way for the fast and sensitive investigation of lipopeptides A/A' and C/C' with molecular masses 791 and 869/871 Da, respectively, which have been isolated in small amounts.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Depsipeptides / chemistry*
  • Depsipeptides / metabolism*
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Phylogeny
  • Pseudoalteromonas / genetics
  • Pseudoalteromonas / growth & development
  • Pseudoalteromonas / isolation & purification
  • Pseudoalteromonas / metabolism*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Seawater / microbiology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Depsipeptides
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S