Tyrocidine

Tyrocidine
Names
IUPAC name
3-((3S,6R,9S,12S,15S,

18S,21S,24S,27R,32aS) -9-(2-amino-2-oxoethyl)- 21-(3-aminopropyl)- 3,6,27-tribenzyl-15- (4-hydroxybenzyl)-24-isobutyl- 18-isopropyl- 1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28- decaoxodotriacontahydropyrrolo[1,2-a] [1,4,7,10,13,16,19,22,25,28] decaazacyclotriacontin-

12-yl)propanamide
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 232-375-3
KEGG
UNII
  • A: InChI=1S/C66H87N13O13/c1-38(2)32-47-59(85)77-52(36-42-20-12-7-13-21-42)66(92)79-31-15-23-53(79)64(90)76-49(34-41-18-10-6-11-19-41)61(87)74-48(33-40-16-8-5-9-17-40)60(86)75-51(37-55(69)82)62(88)70-46(28-29-54(68)81)58(84)73-50(35-43-24-26-44(80)27-25-43)63(89)78-56(39(3)4)65(91)71-45(22-14-30-67)57(83)72-47/h5-13,16-21,24-27,38-39,45-53,56,80H,14-15,22-23,28-37,67H2,1-4H3,(H2,68,81)(H2,69,82)(H,70,88)(H,71,91)(H,72,83)(H,73,84)(H,74,87)(H,75,86)(H,76,90)(H,77,85)(H,78,89)/t45-,46-,47-,48+,49-,50-,51-,52+,53-,56-/m0/s1
    Key: GSXRBRIWJGAPDU-BBVRJQLQSA-N Computed by InChI 1.0.6 (PubChem release 2021.10.14)
  • A: CC(C)C[C@H]1C(=O)N[C@@H](C(=O)N2CCC[C@H]2C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N1)CCCN)C(C)C)CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)CCC(=O)N)CC(=O)N)CC4=CC=CC=C4)CC5=CC=CC=C5)CC6=CC=CC=C6
Properties
C66H87N13O13
Molar mass 1270.47628
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tyrocidine is a mixture of cyclic decapeptides produced by the bacteria Brevibacillus brevis found in soil. It can be composed of 4 different amino acid sequences, giving tyrocidine A–D (See figure 1). Tyrocidine is the major constituent of tyrothricin, which also contains gramicidin.[1] Tyrocidine was the first commercially available antibiotic, but has been found to be toxic toward human blood and reproductive cells. The function of tyrocidine within its host B. brevis is thought to be regulation of sporulation.[2]

Figure 1: a) Amino acid sequence of tyrocidine A. b) Sequence changes for the 4 types of tyrocidine.

Tyrocidines A, B, and C are cyclic decapeptides. The biosynthesis of tyrocidine involves three enzymes. Parts of its sequence are identical to gramicidin S.

  1. ^ Pubchem: Tyrocidine and Tyrothricin."PubChem Compound Result".
  2. ^ Mootz HD, Marahiel MA (November 1997). "The tyrocidine biosynthesis operon of Bacillus brevis: complete nucleotide sequence and biochemical characterization of functional internal adenylation domains". J. Bacteriol. 179 (21): 6843–50. doi:10.1128/jb.179.21.6843-6850.1997. PMC 179617. PMID 9352938.