Okada Masahiro, Yamaguchi Hisao, Sato Isao, Cho Soo Jeong, Dubnau David, Sakagami Youji
Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007 Mar 15;17(6):1705-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.12.070. Epub 2006 Dec 23.
The ComX pheromone is a posttranslationally modified oligopeptide that stimulates natural genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis. Various ComX(RO-E-2) analogs were synthesized and their biological activities were studied to investigate structure-activity relationships. These results showed that the minimal active unit was the tripeptide, [3-5]ComX(RO-E-2), and all residues except the modified tryptophan residue were replaceable by alanine without total loss of activity.
ComX信息素是一种经翻译后修饰的寡肽,可刺激枯草芽孢杆菌的自然遗传转化能力。合成了各种ComX(RO-E-2)类似物,并研究了它们的生物活性以探究构效关系。这些结果表明,最小活性单位是三肽[3-5]ComX(RO-E-2),除修饰的色氨酸残基外,所有残基均可被丙氨酸取代而不会完全丧失活性。