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Methionine-Containing Rhabdopeptide/Xenortide-like Peptides from Heterologous Expression of the Biosynthetic Gene Cluster kj12ABC in Escherichia coli

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posted on 2018-10-10, 11:18 authored by Lei Zhao, Xiaofeng Cai, Marcel Kaiser, Helge B. Bode
Seven new methionine-containing rhabdo­peptide/​xenortide-like peptides (17) were identified from Escherichia coli expressing the rhabdo­peptide/​xenortide-like peptide biosynthetic gene cluster kj12ABC from Xenorhabdus KJ12.1. Their structures were elucidated by detailed HPLC-HR-MS/MS analysis and confirmed by chemical synthesis. Bioactivity tests of these first rhabdo­peptide/​xenortide-like peptide derivatives (27) showing methionine building blocks compared to the usually found derivatives containing exclusively hydrophobic amino acids such as valine, leucine, or phenyl­alanine revealed good activities of 27 against protozoan parasites and no cytotoxicity against mammalian L6 cells.

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