Barrettides: A Peptide Family Specifically Produced by the Deep-Sea Sponge <i>Geodia barretti</i>
Karin Steffen, Quentin Laborde, Sunithi Gunasekera, Colton D. Payne, K. Johan Rosengren, Ana Riesgo, Ulf Göransson, Paco Cárdenas
Abstract
0.64 μM) show that barrettide C is highly similar to barrettides A and B in both structure and function. Several lines of evidence suggest that barrettides are produced by the sponge itself and not one of its microbial symbionts.
Topics & Concepts
SpongePeptideBiologyStereochemistryBiochemistryChemistryBotanyMarine Sponges and Natural ProductsMicrobial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMarine Biology and Environmental Chemistry