from CS Bio (Menlo Park, California) and supplied as the trifluoroacetate
(TFA) salt. Purity was 98.19% by analytical high-performance liquid
chromatography (HPLC) using acetonitrile (0.1% TFA)/water (0.1% TFA)
gradient. The molar mass measured by electrospray ionization (ESI)–mass
spectrometry (MS) was 795 g mol–1 (795.02 g mol–1 expected). Elemental analysis of CHN and O was performed
by combustion and pyrolysis using a Thermo FlashEA 1112 instrument
and F analysis by ion chromatography using a Metrohm 761 Compact Ion
Chromatograph following oxygen flask combustion of the sample. These
measurements provided C 50.78%, H 5.18%, N 11.64%, O 21.09%, and F
2.96%, consistent with the presence of TFA salt.
and
spectra. Solutions of peptides were prepared by mixing weighed amounts
of water and peptide or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) and peptide.
The native pH of the lipopeptide in water was found to be 6. The mixtures
were left to equilibrate for 24 h before characterization. The solvent
used to prepare the solution is only indicated for samples dissolved
in PBS.