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Optimization of amino acid thioesters as inhibitors of metallo-β-lactamase L1
Liu, Xiao-Long,Yang, Ke-Wu,Zhang, Yue-Juan,Ge, Ying,Xiang, Yang,Chang, Ya-Nan,Oelschlaeger, Peter
, p. 4698 - 4701 (2016/09/13)
The emergence of antibiotic resistance caused by metallo-β-lactamases (MβLs) is a global public health problem. Recently, we found amino acid thioesters to be a highly promising scaffold for inhibitors of the MβL L1. In order to optimize this series of inhibitors, nine new amino acid thioesters were developed by modifying the substituents on the N-terminus of the thioesters and the groups representing the amino acid side chain. Biological activity assays indicate that all of them are very potent inhibitors of L1 with an IC50value range of 20–600?nM, lower than those of most of the previously reported inhibitors of this scaffold. Analysis of structure–activity relationship reveals that big hydrophobic substituents on the N-terminus and a methionine amino acid side chain improves inhibitory activity of the thioesters. All these inhibitors are able to restore antibacterial activity of a β-lactam antibiotic against Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) cells producing L1 to that against E. coli cells lacking a β-lactamase. Docking studies reveal that a large N-terminal hydrophobic group results in a slightly different binding mode than smaller hydrophobic groups at the same position.
Resolution of α/β-amino acids by enantioselective penicillin G acylase from Achromobacter sp.
Grulich, Michal,Brezovsky, Jan,?těpánek, Václav,Palyzová, Andrea,Kyslíková, Eva,Kyslík, Pavel
, p. 240 - 247 (2015/10/28)
Penicillin G acylases (PGAs) are enantioselective enzymes catalyzing a hydrolysis of stable amide bond in a broad spectrum of substrates. Among them, derivatives of α- and β-amino acids represent a class of compounds with high application potential. PGAEc from Escherichia coli and PGAA from Achromobacter sp. CCM 4824 were used to catalyze enantioselective hydrolyses of seven selected N-phenylacetylated α/β-amino acid racemates. The PGAA showed higher stereoselectivity for enantiomers of N-PhAc-β-homoleucine, N-PhAc-α-tert-leucine and N-PhAc-β-leucine. To study the mechanism of enantiodiscrimination on molecular level, we have constructed a homology model of PGAA that was used in molecular docking experiments with the same substrates. In-silico experiments successfully reproduced the data from experimental enzymatic resolutions confirming validity of employed modeling protocol. We employed this protocol to evaluate enantiopreference of PGAA towards seven new substrates with application potential. For five of them, high enantioselectivity of PGAA was predicted.
Rhodium-catalysed racemisation of N-acyl α-amino acids
Hateley, Martin J.,Schichl, Daniel A.,Kreuzfeld, Hans-J?rn,Beller, Matthias
, p. 3821 - 3824 (2007/10/03)
The first transition metal-catalysed racemisation of N-acyl α-amino acids, which is of importance for kinetic resolution processes, is described. Enantiomerically pure N-acyl α-amino acids were efficiently racemised under mild conditions using various rhodium complexes as catalysts, e.g. [Rh(cod)Cl]2, in the presence of phosphines. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
