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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 15, 13124-13132, April 11, 2003

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Isolation, Structural Characterization, and Properties of Mattacin (Polymyxin M), a Cyclic Peptide Antibiotic Produced by Paenibacillus kobensis M^*

Nathaniel I. Martin, Haijing Hu^§, Matthew M. Moake^§, John J. Churey^§, Randy Whittal, Randy W. Worobo^§¶, and John C. Vederas

From the  Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada and the ^§ Department of Food Science and Technology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, New York 14456

Mattacin is a nonribosomally synthesized, decapeptide antibiotic produced by Paenibacillus kobensis M. The producing strain was isolated from a soil/manure sample and identified using 16 S rRNA sequence homology along with chemical and morphological characterization. An efficient production and isolation procedure was developed to afford pure mattacin. Structure elucidation using a combination of chemical degradation, multidimensional NMR studies (COSY, HMBC, HMQC, ROESY), and mass spectrometric (MALDI MS/MS) analyses showed that mattacin is identical to polymyxin M, an uncommon antibiotic reported previously in certain Bacillus species by Russian investigators. Mattacin (polymyxin M) is cyclic and possesses an amide linkage between the C-terminal threonine and the side chain amino group of the diaminobutyric acid residue at position 4. It contains an (S)-6-methyloctanoic acid moiety attached as an amide at the N-terminal amino group, one D-leucine, six L-,-diaminobutyric acid, and three L-threonine residues. Transfer NOE experiments on the conformational preferences of mattacin when bound to lipid A and microcalorimetry studies on binding to lipopolysaccharide showed that its behavior was very similar to that observed in previous studies of polymyxin B (a commercial antibiotic), suggesting an identical mechanism of action. It was capable of inhibiting the growth of a wide variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including several human and plant pathogens with activity comparable with purified polymyxin B. The biosynthesis of mattacin was also examined briefly using transpositional mutagenesis by which 10 production mutants were obtained, revealing a set of genes involved in production.

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