The glucagon receptor antagonist BI-32169 constitutes a new class of lasso peptides.

The glucagon receptor antagonist BI-32169, recently isolated from Streptomyces sp., was described as a bicyclic peptide, although its primary structure comprises conserved elements of class I and class II lasso peptides. Tandem mass spectrometric and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic studies revealed that BI-32169 is a lasso-structured peptide constituting the new class III of lasso peptides. The determined lasso fold opens new avenues to improve the promising biological activity of BI-32169. Copyright 2009 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.