Abstract
Amino acid analysis of the acid hydrolyzate of polymyxin T1 revealed the amino acid composition. Isolation of the constituent amino acids and measurement of their optical activities clarified their chiralities. These were 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (6L), Thr(1L), Leu(2L) and Phe(1D). The constituent fatty acid was identified as anteisononanoic acid by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Deacylation with polymyxin acylase afforded deacyl polymyxin T. Successive EDMAN degradation on deacyl polymyxin T revealed most of its amino acid sequence. The chemical cleavage reaction for fragmentation of threonyl peptide amino acid sequence. The chemical cleavage reaction for fragmentation of threonyl peptide on penta(DNP)-polymyxin T1 cleaved it at the C-terminal side of the Thr residue to afford a DNP-octapeptide, whose sequence was clarified by EDMAN degradation. Thus, the structure of polymyxin T1 was determined.
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