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SUBMITTER: Puddick J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4344637 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Puddick Jonathan J Prinsep Michèle R MR Wood Susanna A SA Cary Stephen Craig SC Hamilton David P DP Holland Patrick T PT
Toxins 20150210 2
Microcystins are hepatotoxic cyclic peptides produced by several cyanobacterial genera worldwide. In 2008, our research group identified eight new glycine-containing microcystin congeners in two hydro-terrestrial mat samples from the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Eastern Antarctica. During the present study, high-resolution mass spectrometry, amino acid analysis and micro-scale thiol derivatization were used to further elucidate their structures. The Antarctic microcystin congeners contained the rare s ...[more]