Conformation of antibiotic X-537A (lasalocid-A) and its calcium complex in acetonitrile solvent using circular dichroism spectroscopy

Vishwanath, CK and Easwaran, KRK (1983) Conformation of antibiotic X-537A (lasalocid-A) and its calcium complex in acetonitrile solvent using circular dichroism spectroscopy. In: FEBS Letters, 153 (2). pp. 320-324.

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Abstract

The calcium binding characteristics of antibiotic X-537A (lasalocid-A) in a lipophilic solvent, acetonitrile (CH3CN), have been studied using circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The analysis of the data indicated that in this medium polar solvent, X-537A forms predominantly the charged complexes of stoichiometries 2:1 and 1:1, the relative amounts of the two being dependent on [Ca2+]. The conformation of the complexes, arrived at on the basis of the data, seem to indicate a rigid part encompassing Ca2+, liganded to 3 oxygens of the molecule, viz., the carbonyl, the substituted tetrahydrofuran ring and the substituted pyran ring oxygens (apart from possibly, the liganding provided by nitrogen atoms of the solvent molecules), and a flexible part consisting of the salicylic acid group of the molecule.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	FEBS Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2009 13:13
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20867

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