Natural Cyclopeptaibiotics and Related Cyclic Tetrapeptides: Structural Diversity and Future Prospects

✍ Scribed by Thomas Degenkolb; Walter Gams; Hans Brückner

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 222 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1612-1872
• DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200890066

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Linearity is not considered a prerequisite anymore, and extension of the current definition of ‘peptaibiotics’ to cyclic, Aib‐containing peptides is proposed. Sequences and bioactivities, together with ecophysiological importance of cyclopeptaibiotics and related cyclic tetrapeptides, and their fungal‐taxonomic relationships, are discussed.