Synthesis of trimethylated phosphonium and arsonium analogues of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine; contrasted biological activities in two bacterial species
作者:Vianney Pichereau、Anne Cosquer、Annie-Claude Gaumont、Théophile Bernard
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(97)10103-2
日期:1997.11
Phosphoniobetaine and arsenobetaine, the P and As analogues of glycine betaine (trimethylammonioacetate) were synthesized and assayed for activity in bacterial osmoprotection biotests, using Escherichia coli and Rhizobium meliloti as model organisms. The P- and As-betaines displayed similar osmoprotective activities in E. coli, but were highly toxic in the betaine-demethylating bacterium R. meliloti. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.