Gramicidin

Gramicidin A head-to-head dimer
Identifiers
SymbolN/A
TCDB1.D.1
OPM superfamily65
OPM protein1grm
Gramicidin
Structure of gramicidin A, B, and C (click to enlarge)
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ECHA InfoCard100.014.355 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC99H140N20O17
Molar mass1882.332 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
Melting point229 to 230 °C (444 to 446 °F) [1]
Solubility in water6 mg/L[1]
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Gramicidin, also called gramicidin D, is a mix of ionophoric antibiotics, gramicidin A, B and C, which make up about 80%, 5%, and 15% of the mix, respectively. Each has 2 isoforms, so the mix has 6 different types of gramicidin molecules. They can be extracted from Brevibacillus brevis soil bacteria. Gramicidins are linear peptides with 15 amino acids.[2] This is in contrast to unrelated gramicidin S, which is a cyclic peptide.

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