spectrometry (ESI-MS) and tandem mass spectrometry using a Micromass
QTOF-2 mass spectrometer (Waters Corp.) in positive ion mode with
argon as a collision gas were used to determine the mass and partial
amino acid connectivity of the marinobactin and aquachelin head groups.
For MHG, 1H, 13C, and various two-dimensional
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, including 1H–1H correlation spectroscopy (COSY), heteronuclear
multiple quantum coherence (HMQC), and heteronuclear multiple bond
correlation (HMBC), were recorded on a 800 MHz JEOL DELTA2 ECA800
spectrometer. A 1H–15N heteronuclear
single quantum coherence (15N-HSQC) NMR spectrum of the 15N-incorporated MHG was recorded on a 500 MHz JEOL
DELTA2 ECA500 instrument. MHG was dissolved in dimethyl
sulfoxide-d6 (DMSO-d6, 99.9%, Cambridge Isotope, Inc.) (d = 2.46
ppm), and experiments were run at 23.5 °C at the National Institute
of Health Sciences in Tokyo, Japan.