Antibacterial activity and mechanism of action of phosphonopeptides based on aminomethylphosphonic acid.
AUTOR(ES)
Atherton, F R
RESUMO
Phosphonopeptides based on aminomethylphosphonic acid as the C-terminal residue linked to L-amino acids possessed antibacterial activity in vitro and in vivo. Analogs in this series were generally less potent than corresponding compounds based on L-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid such as alafosfalin (L-alanyl-L-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid). Significant differences in antibacterial spectra were observed. The mechanism of action involved active transport of the peptide mimetics into the bacterial cells, followed by intracellular release of high concentrations of aminomethylphosphonic acid which inhibited bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Aminomethylphosphonic acid behaved as a mimetic of both D- and L-alanine and inhibited D-Ala-D-Ala synthetase (EC 6.3.2.4.), alanine racemase (EC 5.1.1.1.), and UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine synthetase (EC 6.3.2.8.). The minimal inhibitory concentration of L-norvalyl-aminomethylphosphonic acid was essentially unaffected by the presence of D-alanine, whereas the activity of the corresponding L-norvalyl derivative of L-1-aminoethylphosphonic acid was markedly decreased. Substantial differences in the inhibitory and lytic activity of the L-norvalyl derivatives of aminomethylphosphonic and L-1-aminoethylphosphonic acids were also observed when these agents were combined with other inhibitors of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
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