The protein thiotemplate mechanism of synthesis for the peptide antibiotics produced by Bacillus brevis.

Amino Acids/metabolism Aminoacylation Antibody Formation Bacillus/enzymology,metabolism Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis Binding Sites Carbon Radioisotopes Cell Division Cell-Free System Chromatography, Gel Gramicidin/biosynthesis Isomerism Kinetics Models, Biological Peptide Biosynthesis Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational Peptide Synthases/isolation & purification,metabolism Peptides, Cyclic/biosynthesis Phosphorus Radioisotopes Protein Binding Sulfhydryl Compounds Time Factors Tritium

Amino Acids Bacterial Proteins Carbon Radioisotopes Peptides, Cyclic Phosphorus Radioisotopes Sulfhydryl Compounds Tritium Gramicidin Peptide Synthases