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SUBMITTER: Tasiemski A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4002450 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tasiemski Aurélie A Jung Sascha S Boidin-Wichlacz Céline C Jollivet Didier D Cuvillier-Hot Virginie V Pradillon Florence F Vetriani Costantino C Hecht Oliver O Sönnichsen Frank D FD Gelhaus Christoph C Hung Chien-Wen CW Tholey Andreas A Leippe Matthias M Grötzinger Joachim J Gaill Françoise F
PloS one 20140428 4
The emblematic hydrothermal worm Alvinella pompejana is one of the most thermo tolerant animal known on Earth. It relies on a symbiotic association offering a unique opportunity to discover biochemical adaptations that allow animals to thrive in such a hostile habitat. Here, by studying the Pompeii worm, we report on the discovery of the first antibiotic peptide from a deep-sea organism, namely alvinellacin. After purification and peptide sequencing, both the gene and the peptide tertiary struct ...[more]