Theanine, an antimetabolite of L-glutamic acid, is a weak antibacterial agent. In the hope of obtaining theanine derivatives which have more potent biological activities, a series of theanyl-L-alanine oligopeptides, H-Tea-L-Alan-OH (n=1, 2, 3), and several derivatives of these peptides with blocking groups at the amono-and/or carboxyl-termini were prepared, and their antibacterial and anti-glutamic decarboxylase activities were examined. Theanyl-L-alanine and theanyl-L-alanyl-L-alanine inhibited the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli most strongly, the percent inhibitions being 2 to 23 times higher against S. aureus or 3 to 4 times higher against E. coli than those of theanine. Structural modifications at the end groups of the peptides, especially N-acylation, caused marked reductions in the antibacterial activities. None of the theanine and theanyl-L-alanine oligopeptides possessed any significant ability to inhibit bacterial glutamic decarboxylase even at a concentration of 50 μmol/ml.
茶氨酸是
L-谷氨酸的一种抗代谢物,是一种弱抗菌剂。为了获得具有更强
生物活性的
茶氨酸衍
生物,我们制备了一系列
茶氨酸-
L-丙氨酸寡肽 H-Tea-L-Alan-OH(n=1、2、3),以及这些肽在
氨基端和/或羧基端带有阻断基团的几种衍
生物,并研究了它们的抗菌和抗谷
氨酸脱羧酶活性。丙
氨酰-
L-丙氨酸和丙
氨酰-
L-丙氨酰-L-丙氨酸对
金黄色葡萄球菌和大肠杆菌的抑制作用最强,对
金黄色葡萄球菌的抑制率是丙
氨酸的 2 至 23 倍,对大肠杆菌的抑制率是丙
氨酸的 3 至 4 倍。肽末端基团的结构修饰,尤其是 N-酰化,会明显降低抗菌活性。即使在 50 μmol/ml 的浓度下,也没有任何一种
茶氨酸和
茶氨酸-
L-丙氨酸寡肽具有明显的抑制细菌谷
氨酸脱羧酶的能力。