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BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
Volume 77, Issue 10, Pages 1915-1924Publisher
CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.77.1915
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To elucidate the N-terminal structure-activity relationships of polymyxin B peptides, seven polymyxin B component peptides, the structures of which having been elucidated, and seven N-terminal fatty acid and/or amino acid deletion analogs were synthesized, and their antimicrobial activities determined. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) binding activities of synthetic peptides were evaluated using [Dab(Dansyl-Gly)(1)]-polyinyxin B-3 (Dab; L-alpha,gamma-diaminobutyric acid) as a fluorescent probe. The results indicated that the fatty acyl moiety was not indispensable for LPS binding, but the C9 fatty acyl groups of polymyxin B peptides contributed to the binding affinity to a slightly greater extent than C-8 or C-7. The fatty acyl moieties of polymyxin B contributed greatly to the antimicrobial activity, while the distinct N-terminal structures of polymyxin B-1-B-6, bearing normal-, iso-, or anteiso-fatty acids, or 3-hydroxy-fatty acid with chain lengths between C-7 and C-9, did not affect bactericidal potency.
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