Volume 51, Issue 40 pp. 10123-10126
Communication

Effect of the Peptide Moiety of Lipid II on Bacterial Transglycosylase

Hao-Wei Shih

Hao-Wei Shih

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Yi-Fan Chang

Yi-Fan Chang

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Wei-Jing Li

Wei-Jing Li

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Fan-Chun Meng

Fan-Chun Meng

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Chia-Ying Huang

Chia-Ying Huang

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Dr. Che Ma

Dr. Che Ma

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Dr. Ting-Jen R. Cheng

Dr. Ting-Jen R. Cheng

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Prof. Dr. Chi-Huey Wong

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. Chi-Huey Wong

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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Dr. Wei-Chieh Cheng

Corresponding Author

Dr. Wei-Chieh Cheng

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 115 (Taiwan)

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First published: 05 September 2012
Citations: 26

This work was supported by the National Science Council and Academia Sinica.

Graphical Abstract

The writing's on the (cell) wall: A series of Lipid II analogues with modifications to the peptide moiety were evaluated as substrates of bacterial transglycosylase. The first two positions on the peptide, D-lactate and L-alanine (see scheme), especially their methyl groups, were found to be essential for substrate-binding activity, an important discovery for the design of antibiotics to inhibit cell-wall biosynthesis.

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