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Staphylococcus aureus penicillin-binding protein 2 can use depsi-lipid ii derived from vancomycin-resistant strains for cell wall synthesis
Nakamura, Jun,Yamashiro, Hidenori,Miya, Hiroto,Nishiguchi, Kenzo,Maki, Hideki,Arimoto, Hirokazu
supporting information, p. 12104 - 12112 (2013/09/23)
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (VRSA) uses depsipeptide-containing modified cell-wall precursors for the biosynthesis of peptidoglycan. Transglycosylase is responsible for the polymerization of the peptidoglycan, and the penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) plays a major role in the polymerization among several transglycosylases of wild-type S. aureus. However, it is unclear whether VRSA processes the depsipeptide-containing peptidoglycan precursor by using PBP2. Here, we describe the total synthesis of depsi-lipid I, a cell-wall precursor of VRSA. By using this chemistry, we prepared a depsi-lipid II analogue as substrate for a cell-free transglycosylation system. The reconstituted system revealed that the PBP2 of S. aureus is able to process a depsi-lipid II intermediate as efficiently as its normal substrate. Moreover, the system was successfully used to demonstrate the difference in the mode of action of the two antibiotics moenomycin and vancomycin. Copyright
Synthesis of a comprehensive polyprenol library for the evaluation of bacterial enzyme lipid substrate specificity
Wu, Baolin,Woodward, Robert,Wen, Liuqing,Wang, Xuan,Zhao, Guohui,Wang, Peng George
, p. 8162 - 8173 (2014/01/06)
Polyprenols, a universal class of glycan-carrier lipids, play important roles in glycan biosynthesis in wide variety of living organisms. The chemical synthesis of natural polyisoprenols such as undecaprenol and dolichols, and even more so the synthesis o
Synthesis and NMR characterization of (Z, Z, Z, Z, E, E,ω)- heptaprenol
Hesek, Dusan,Lee, Mijoon,Zajicek, Jaroslav,Fisher, Jed F.,Mobashery, Shahriar
supporting information; experimental part, p. 13881 - 13888 (2012/10/08)
We describe a practical, multigram synthesis of (2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18E,22E)-3, 7,11,15,19,23,27-heptamethyl-2,6,10,14,18,22,26-octacosaheptaen-1-ol [(Z 4,E2,ω)-heptaprenol, 4] using the nerol-derived sulfone 8 as the key intermediate. Su
Modular synthesis of diphospholipid oligosaccharide fragments of the bacterial cell wall and their use to study the mechanism of moenomycin and other antibiotics
Gampe, Christian M.,Tsukamoto, Hirokazu,Wang, Tsung-Shing Andrew,Walker, Suzanne,Kahne, Daniel
, p. 9771 - 9778 (2012/02/15)
We present a flexible, modular route to GlcNAc-MurNAc-oligosaccharides that can be readily converted into peptidoglycan (PG) fragments to serve as reagents for the study of bacterial enzymes that are targets for antibiotics. Demonstrating the utility of these synthetic PG substrates, we show that the tetrasaccharide substrate lipid IV (3), but not the disaccharide substrate lipid II (2), significantly increases the concentration of moenomycin A required to inhibit a prototypical PG-glycosyltransferase (PGT). These results imply that lipid IV and moenomycin A bind to the same site on the enzyme. We also show the moenomycin A inhibits the formation of elongated polysaccharide product but does not affect length distribution. We conclude that moenomycin A blocks PG-strand initiation rather than elongation or chain termination. Synthetic access to diphospholipid oligosaccharides will enable further studies of bacterial cell wall synthesis with the long-term goal of identifying novel antibiotics.
Transpeptidase-mediated incorporation of d-amino acids into bacterial peptidoglycan
Lupoli, Tania J.,Tsukamoto, Hirokazu,Doud, Emma H.,Wang, Tsung-Shing Andrew,Walker, Suzanne,Kahne, Daniel
supporting information; experimental part, p. 10748 - 10751 (2011/09/13)
The β-lactams are the most important class of antibiotics in clinical use. Their lethal targets are the transpeptidase domains of penicillin binding proteins (PBPs), which catalyze the cross-linking of bacterial peptidoglycan (PG) during cell wall synthesis. The transpeptidation reaction occurs in two steps, the first being formation of a covalent enzyme intermediate and the second involving attack of an amine on this intermediate. Here we use defined PG substrates to dissect the individual steps catalyzed by a purified E. coli transpeptidase. We demonstrate that this transpeptidase accepts a set of structurally diverse d-amino acid substrates and incorporates them into PG fragments. These results provide new information on donor and acceptor requirements as well as a mechanistic basis for previous observations that noncanonical d-amino acids can be introduced into the bacterial cell wall.
Solid-phase organic synthesis of polyisoprenoid alcohols with traceless sulfone linker
Chang, Yi-Fan,Liu, Chen-Yu,Guo, Chih-Wei,Wang, Yen-Chih,Fang, Jim-Min,Cheng, Wei-Chieh
experimental part, p. 7197 - 7203 (2009/05/09)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Solid-phase organic synthesis of polyprenols with a traceless sulfone linker is described. The polymerbound benezenesulfinate is first linked with the "tail" building blocks of isoprenyl chlorides via S-alkylation. With use of dimsyl anion as an appropriate base, the polymer-bound α-sulfonyl carbanion is generated and coupled with other "body" building blocks in an efficient manner. After repeated processes and a global palladium-catalyzed desulfonation with LiEt3BH as the reducing agent, the desired polyprenols with various chain lengths and geometrical configurations are obtained in 32-59% overall yields. The solid-phase synthesis offers the advantage in facile isolation of polyprenols without tedious operation or time-consuming purification.
SYNTHESIS OF DOLICHOL-TYPE (S)-HEXA- AND (S)-HEPTAPRENOLS
Veselovskii, V. V.,Koptenkova, V. A.,Novikova, M. A.,Moiseenkov, A. M.
, p. 1887 - 1891 (2007/10/02)
(R)-1-Phenylsulfonyl-2-methylbutan-4-ol has been used as starting material for the stepwise synthesis of the dolichol-related hexa- and heptaprenols (S)-3,7,11,15,19,23-hexymethyltetraicosa-6Z,10Z,14E,18E,22-pentaene1-ol and (S)-3,7,-11,15,19,23,27-heptamethyloctaicosa-6Z,10Z,14E,18E,22E,26-hexaen-1-ol.
GENERAL METHOD OF STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL POLYPRENOLS. SYNTHESIS OF BETULAPRENOL-6, -7, -8, AND -9
Sato, Kikumasa,Miyamoto, Osamu,Inoue, Seiichi,Furusawa, Fumio,Matsuhasi, Yasusuke
, p. 1105 - 1108 (2007/10/02)
A stereoselective synthesis of (Z,Z,Z)-12-benzyloxy-1-chloro-2,6,10-trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-triene was achieved starting from (Z,Z)-farnesol.All the components of betulaprenols were synthesized using the C15 block 3 and its lower homologue (C10 block) as t
