Shigetomi Kengo, Olesen Sanne Harder, Yang Yan, Mitsuhashi Shinya, Schönbrunn Ernst, Ubukata Makoto
Division of Applied Bioscience, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2013;77(12):2517-9. doi: 10.1271/bbb.130663. Epub 2013 Dec 7.
(-)-Tulipalin B and (+)-6-tuliposide B were confirmed to inhibit MurA in vitro. However, contrary to fosfomycin, these compounds showed potent inhibitory activities against MurA overexpressing Escherichia coli, especially in the presence of UDP-GlcNAc. These observations suggest that these compounds induced bacterial cell death not through a MurA malfunction, but in such a MurA-mediated indirect manner as the inhibition of other Mur enzymes.
(-)-郁金香素B和(+)-6-郁金香苷B在体外被证实可抑制MurA。然而,与磷霉素相反,这些化合物对过表达MurA的大肠杆菌显示出强大的抑制活性,尤其是在存在UDP-GlcNAc的情况下。这些观察结果表明,这些化合物诱导细菌细胞死亡不是通过MurA功能障碍,而是以MurA介导的间接方式,如抑制其他Mur酶。