The Lantibiotic Mersacidin Inhibits Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Targeting Lipid II
AUTOR(ES)
Brötz, Heike
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The lantibiotic mersacidin exerts its bactericidal action by inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. It interferes with the membrane-associated transglycosylation reaction; during this step the ultimate monomeric peptidoglycan precursor, undecaprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc-(pentapeptide)-GlcNAc (lipid II) is converted into polymeric nascent peptidoglycan. In the present study we demonstrate that the molecular basis of this inhibition is the interaction of mersacidin with lipid II. The adsorption of [14C]mersacidin to growing cells, as well as to isolated membranes capable of in vitro peptidoglycan synthesis, was strictly dependent on the availability of lipid II, and antibiotic inhibitors of lipid II formation strongly interfered with this binding. Direct evidence for the interaction was provided by studies with isolated lipid II. [14C]mersacidin associated tightly with [14C]lipid II micelles; the complex was stable even in the presence of 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. Furthermore, the addition of isolated lipid II to the culture broth efficiently antagonized the bactericidal activity of mersacidin. In contrast to the glycopeptide antibiotics, complex formation does not involve the C-terminal d-alanyl–d-alanine moiety of the lipid intermediate. Thus, the interaction of mersacidin with lipid II apparently occurs via a binding site which is not targeted by any antibiotic currently in use.
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