| Literature DB >> 17441081 |
Desiree A Thayer1, Chi-Huey Wong.
Abstract
Many natural products contain carbohydrate moieties that contribute to their biological activity. Manipulation of the carbohydrate domain of natural products through multiple glycosylations to identify new derivatives with novel biological activities has been a difficult and impractical process. We report a practical one-pot enzymatic approach with regeneration of cosubstrates to synthesize analogues of vancomycin that contain an N-alkyl glucosamine, which exhibited marked improvement in antibiotic activity against a vancomycin-resistant strain of Enterococcus.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17441081 DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600084
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Asian J ISSN: 1861-471X