Title: Mycobacillin
CAS Registry Number: 18524-67-9
Molecular Formula: C65H85N13O30
Molecular Weight: 1528.44
Percent Composition: C 51.08%, H 5.61%, N 11.91%, O 31.40%
Literature References: Antifungal polypeptide antibiotic isolated from culture filtrates of Bacillus subtilis: Majumdar, Bose, Nature 181, 134 (1958). Structural studies: eidem, Biochem. J. 74, 596 (1960); Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 90, 154 (1960). Amino acid configuration: Banerjee, Bose, Nature 200, 471 (1963). Nature of the peptide linkages: Sengupta et al., Biochem. J. 121, 839 (1971). Review: Banerjee et al., Antibiotics vol. II, D. Gottlieb, P. D. Shaw, Eds. (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1967) pp 271-275, 445-446.
Properties: Needles, mp 235-240°. uv max 277 nm in a solution of n-butanol-water-acetic acid-95% ethanol (10:10:2:2).
Melting point: mp 235-240°
Absorption maximum: uv max 277 nm in a solution of n-butanol-water-acetic acid-95% ethanol (10:10:2:2) |