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Use of the dehydrophos biosynthetic enzymes to prepare antimicrobial analogs of alaphosphin
Bougioukou, Despina J.,Ting, Chi P.,Peck, Spencer C.,Mukherjee, Subha,Van Der Donk, Wilfred A.
supporting information, p. 822 - 829 (2019/01/30)
The C-terminal domain of the dehydrophos biosynthetic enzyme DhpH (DhpH-C) catalyzes the condensation of Leu-tRNALeu with (R)-1-aminoethylphosphonate, the aminophosphonate analog of alanine called Ala(P). The product of this reaction, Leu-Ala(P), is a phosphonodipeptide, a class of compounds that have previously been investigated for use as clinical antibiotics. In this study, we show that DhpH-C is highly substrate tolerant and can condense various aminophosphonates (Gly(P), Ser(P), Val(P), 1-amino-propylphosphonate, and phenylglycine(P)) to Leu. Moreover, the enzyme is also tolerant with respect to the amino acid attached to tRNALeu. Using a mutant of leucyl tRNA synthetase that is deficient in its proofreading ability allowed the preparation of a series of aminoacyl-tRNALeu derivatives (Ile, Ala, Val, Met, norvaline, and norleucine). DhpH-C accepted these aminoacyl-tRNA derivatives and condensed the amino acid with l-Ala(P) to form the corresponding phosphonodipeptides. A subset of these peptides displayed antimicrobial activities demonstrating that the enzyme is a versatile biocatalyst for the preparation of antimicrobial peptides. We also investigated another enzyme from the dehydrophos biosynthetic pathway, the 2-oxoglutarate dependent enzyme DhpA. This enzyme oxidizes 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate to 1,2-dihydroxyethylphosphonate en route to l-Ala(P), but longer incubation results in overoxidation to 1-oxo-2-hydroxyethylphosphonate. This α-ketophosphonate was converted by the pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzyme DhpD into l-Ser(P). Thus, the dehydrophos biosynthetic enzymes can generate not only l-Ala(P) but also l-Ser(P).
Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of antibacterial phosphonopeptides incorporating (1-aminoethyl)phosphonic acid and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid
Atherton,Hassall,Lambert
, p. 29 - 40 (2007/10/02)
Phosphonodipeptides and phosphonooligopeptides based on L- and D-(1-aminoethyl)phosphonic acids L-Ala(P) and D-Ala(P) and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid Gly(P) at the acid terminus have been synthesized and investigated as antibacterial agents, which owe their activity to the inhibition of bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis. A method for large-scale synthesis of the potent antibacterial agent L-Ala-L-Ala(P) (1,Alafosfalin) is described. Structure-activity relationships in the dipeptide series have been studied by systematic variation of structure 1. L stereochemistry is generally required for both components. Changes in the L-Ala(P) moiety mostly lead to loss of antibacterial activity, but the phosphonate analogues of L-phenylalanines, L-Phe(P), and L-serine, L-Ser(P), give rise to weakly active L-Ala-L-Phe(P) and L-Ala-L-Ser(P). Replacement of L-Ala in 1 by common and are amino acids can give rise to more potent in vitro antibacterials such as L-Nva-L-Ala(P). Synthetic variation of these more potent dipeptides leads to decreased activity. Phosphonooligopeptides such as (L-Ala)2-L-Ala(P) have a broader in vitro antibacterial spectrum than their phosphonodipeptide precursor, but this is not expressed in vivo, presumably due to rapid metabolism to 1. Stabilized compounds such as Sar-L-Nva-L-Nva-L-Ala(P) have been developed that are more potent in vivo and have a broader in vivo antibacterial spectrum than the parent phosphonodipeptide.
