| Literature DB >> 17061868 |
Masaatsu Adachi1, Yi Zhang, Catherine Leimkuhler, Binyuan Sun, John V LaTour, Daniel E Kahne.
Abstract
Moenomycin A is the only known natural product that inhibits peptidoglycan biosynthesis by binding the bacterial transglycosylases. We describe a degradation/reconstruction route to manipulate the reducing end of moenomycin A. A comparison of the biological and enzyme inhibitory activity of moenomycin A and an analogue containing a nerol lipid in place of the natural C25 lipid chain provides insight into the role of the moenocinol unit. Our results show that a lipid chain having ten carbons in moenocinol is sufficient for enzyme inhibition, but a longer chain is required for biological acitivity, apparently because the molecule must partition into biological membranes to reach its target in bacterial cells.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17061868 PMCID: PMC3197780 DOI: 10.1021/ja065905c
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419