Abstract
Bacillus subtilis C-756 produced 3 kinds of inhibitors of cAMP phosphodiesterase. Each was an acylpeptide consisting of a .beta.-hydroxy fatty acid residue and heptapeptide. By the application of mass spectrometry, the amino acid sequence of peptide was determined to be .beta.-hydroxy fatty acid-Glu-Leu-Leu-Val-Asp-Leu-Leu in all 3 cases. Each had a lactone linkage between the carboxyl group of C-terminal Leu and the .beta.-hydroxl group of the fatty acid moiety. The total structures of these inhibitors were established.