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Title: | Degradation of MAC13243 and studies of the interaction of resulting thiourea compounds with the lipoprotein targeting chaperone LolA. |
Authors: | Barker, Courtney Allison, Sarah Zlitni, Soumaya Nguyen, Duc Nick Das, Rahul Melacini, Giuseppe Capretta, Alfredo Brown, Eric |
Keywords: | chemical biology;structure-activity relationship;lipoprotein trafficking;LolA;MreB;chemical-genetic interactions;Medical Biochemistry;Medical Sciences;Medical Biochemistry |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Abstract: | <p>The discovery of novel small molecules that function as antibacterial agents or cellular probes of biology is hindered by our limited understanding of bacterial physiology and our ability to assign mechanism of action. We previously employed a chemical genomic strategy to identify a novel small molecule, MAC13243, as a likely inhibitor of the bacterial lipoprotein targeting chaperone, LolA. Here, we report on the degradation of MAC13243 into the active species, S-(4-chlorobenzyl)isothiourea. Analogs of this compound (for example, A22) have previously been characterized as inhibitors of the bacterial actin-like protein, MreB. Herein, we demonstrate that the antibacterial activity of MAC13243 and the thiourea compounds are similar; these activities are suppressed or sensitized in response to increases or decreases of LolA copy number, respectively. We provide STD NMR data which confirms a physical interaction between LolA and the thiourea degradation product of MAC13243, with a Kd of ~150 μM. Taken together, we conclude that the thiourea series of compounds share a similar cellular mechanism that includes interaction with LolA in addition to the well-characterized target MreB.</p> |
Description: | <p>Additional funding: Canada Research Chair award to Eric D. Brown</p> <p>Published in: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013, April 15, 23 (8): 2426-2431.</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/14371 |
Identifier: | bio_chemistry_coll/4 1003 4340018 |
Appears in Collections: | Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Publications |
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