The molecule is a nine-membered oligopeptide that consists of tyrosyl, threonyl, prolyl, lysyl, valyl, prolyl, tyrosyl, methionyl and methyl S-farnesylcysteinate residues joined in sequence. A peptide pheromone released by Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells of the cellular mating type Minus. It is an oligopeptide, a peptide pheromone and a methyl ester.
methyl (2R)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[[(2S)-6-amino-2-[[(2S)-1-[(2S,3R)-2-[[(2S)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl]amino]-3-hydroxybutanoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]amino]hexanoyl]amino]-3-methylbutanoyl]pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]amino]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl]amino]-4-methylsulfanylbutanoyl]amino]-3-[(2E,6E)-3,7,11-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienyl]sulfanylpropanoate