STRUCTURE OF RHODOTORUCINE-A, A PEPTIDYL FACTOR, INDUCING MATING TUBE FORMATION IN RHODOSPORIDIUM-TORULOIDES

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KAMIYA, Y [1 ]
SAKURAI, A [1 ]
TAMURA, S [1 ]
TAKAHASHI, N [1 ]
TSUCHIYA, E [1 ]
ABE, K [1 ]
FUKUI, S [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO,INST APPL MICROBIOL,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | 1979年 / 43卷 / 02期
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10.1080/00021369.1979.10863433
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S3 [农学(农艺学)];
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0901 ;
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Rhodotorucine A, which induces mating tube formation in Rhodospridium toruloides, was found to be a novel peptide composed of eleven amino acid residues with a lipophilic group at the C-terminus. The amino acid sequence of the peptide was determined by Edman degradation and enzymatic hydrolyses. The C-terminus of rhodotorucine A was revealed to be S-farnesylcysteine by proton magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry and chemical synthesis. We proposed the following structure for rhodotorucine A. H-Tyr-Pro-Glu-Ile-Ser-Trp-Thr-Arg-Asn-Gly-Cys(S-farnesyl)-OH. © 1979 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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