Fungisporin Explained

Fungisporin is a antibiotic with the molecular formula C₂₈H₃₆N₄O₄ which is produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium species.^{[1] [2]} The cyclic peptide is a tetramer, consists of one each of the two enantiomeric forms of phenylalanine and of valine.

Further reading

• Ali . Hazrat . Ries . Marco I. . Lankhorst . Peter P. . van der Hoeven . Rob A. M. . Schouten . Olaf L. . Noga . Marek . Hankemeier . Thomas . van Peij . Noël N. M. E. . Bovenberg . Roel A. L. . Vreeken . Rob J. . Driessen . Arnold J. M. . A Non-Canonical NRPS Is Involved in the Synthesis of Fungisporin and Related Hydrophobic Cyclic Tetrapeptides in Penicillium chrysogenum . PLOS ONE . 2 June 2014 . 9 . 6 . e98212 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0098212. 24887561 . 4041764 . 2014PLoSO...998212A . free .
• Miyao . Kohei . The Structure of Fungisporin: (Studies on Fungisporin III) . Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan . January 1960 . 24 . 1 . 23–30 . 10.1080/03758397.1960.10857626.

Notes and References

1. Fungisporin . Pubchem.ncbi.NLM.nih.gov . en.
2. Book: Buckingham . John . Dictionary of Organic Compounds . 1987 . Taylor & Francis . 978-0-412-17050-8 . 342 . en.