Lanthanide complexes with a series of hexapeptides—incorporating two unnatural chelating amino acids with aminodiacetate groups, Ada1 and Ada2—have been examined in terms of their speciation, structure, stability and luminescence properties. Whereas Ada2 acts as a tridentate donor in all cases, Ada1 may act as a tetradentate donor thanks to the coordination of the amide carbonyl function assisted by the formation of a six-membered chelate ring. The position of the Ada1 residue in the sequence is demonstrated to be critical for the lanthanide complex speciation and structure. Ada1 promotes the coordination of the backbone amide function to afford a highly dehydrated Ln complex and an S-shape structure of the peptide backbone, only when found in position 2.
Alanine Scan of [<scp>l</scp>-Dap<sup>2</sup>]Ramoplanin A2 Aglycon: Assessment of the Importance of Each Residue
作者:Joonwoo Nam、Dongwoo Shin、Yosup Rew、Dale L. Boger
DOI:10.1021/ja068573k
日期:2007.7.1
ramoplanin A2 aglycon, a potent antibiotic that inhibits bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, is detailed. As a consequence of both its increased stability (lactam vs lactone) and its "relative" ease of synthesis, the alanine scan was conducted on [Dap2]ramoplanin A2 aglycon, which possesses antimicrobial activity equal to or slightly more potent than that of ramoplanin A2 or itsaglycon. Thus, 14 key
Total Synthesis and Examination of Three Key Analogues of Ramoplanin: A Lipoglycodepsipeptide with Potent Antibiotic Activity
作者:Yosup Rew、Dongwoo Shin、Inkyu Hwang、Dale L. Boger
DOI:10.1021/ja039671y
日期:2004.2.1
The total synthesis and evaluation of three key ramoplanin aglycon analogues are detailed. The first (5a) represents replacement of the labile depsipeptide ester with a stable amide (HAsn2 --> Dap2) with removal of the HAsn pendant carboxamide, and it was found to be slightly more potent than the natural aglycon in antimicrobial assays providing a new lead structure with an improved profile and a more stable and accessible macrocyclic template on which to conduct structure-function studies. In contrast, a second amide analogue 5b which contains a single additional methylene relative to 5a (HAsn2 --> Dab2) was found to be inactive in antimicrobial assays (>100-fold loss in activity). The third key analogue 5c in which the Asn1 lipid side chain was replaced with an acetyl group revealed that it contributes significantly to the antimicrobial activity (16-fold) of the ramoplanins, but is not essential.