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. 2016 Feb 12;48:1309–1318. doi: 10.1007/s00726-016-2186-3

Table 2.

The molecular mass of the nisin mutants after tryptophan analogues are incorporated

Mutants Modifications Predicted mass (Da) Observed mass (Da) of main peaks at different culture conditions
Trp 5FW 5HW 5MeW
I1W −8H2O 5757.750 5757.747
+F −8H2O 5775.741 5775.752
+OH −8H2O 5773.745 5773.737
+Me −8H2O 5771.766 5771.752
I4W −8H2O 5757.750 5757.735 (7)a 5757.776 (9) 5757.795 (2) 5757.789 (30)
−7H2O 5775.761 5775.724 (69)
−7H2O + Oxi 5791.756 5791.726 (24)
+F −8H2O 5775.741 5775.734 (59)
+F −8H2O + Oxi 5791.736 5791.733 (30)
+OH −8H2O 5773.745 5773.766 (35)
+OH −7H2O 5791.756 5791.753 (14)
+OH −8H2O + Oxi 5789.740 5789.751 (24)
+OH −8H2O + 2Oxi 5807.751 5807.743 (20)
+Me −8H2O 5771.766 5771.758 (33)
+Me −7H2O 5789.776 5789.765 (36)
M17W −8H2O 5739.794 5739.763
+F −8H2O 5757.784 5757.791
+OH −8H2O 5755.794 5755.727 (30)
+OH −8H2O + Oxi 5771.789 5771.751 (65)
+Me −8H2O 5753.809 5753.749
V32W −8H2O 5771.766 5771.757 (30)
−7H2O 5789.776 5789.768 (60)
+F −8H2O 5789.756 5789.752 (14)
+F −7H2O 5807.767 5807.759 (36)
+F −8H2O + Oxi 5805.751 5805.754 (8)
+F −7H2O + Oxi 5823.762 5823.756 (33)
+OH −8H2O 5787.761 NDb
+Me −8H2O 5785.781 NDb

a The values between brackets refer to the percentage of different variants; similarly hereinafter

b ND Not detected