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Antibióticos tiopéptidos sintetizados por ribosoma dirigidos al factor de alargamiento Tu Tu
Rowan P Morris1, Jennifer A Leeds, Hans Ulrich Naegeli
1Natural Products Unit, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, 4056, Switzerland.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 3, 2009
Resumen
Los nuevos antibióticos tiopéptidos, las tiomuracinas, fueron descubiertos a partir de una bacteria rara. Se dirigen al factor de alargamiento bacteriano Tu (EF-Tu), ofreciendo una nueva estrategia contra Staphylococcus aureus con bajo potencial de resistencia.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Microbiología.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los tiopéptidos son una clase de péptidos macrocíclicos, altamente modificados con un sistema central de anillos heterocíclicos.
- Los antibióticos tiopéptidos son sintetizados por ribosomas y codificados por cromosomas.
- Las vías de biosíntesis para muchos tiopéptidos siguen siendo elusivo.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar nuevos antibióticos dirigidos contra el Staphylococcus aureus.
- Para dilucidar la ruta biosintética de una nueva familia de tiopéptidos, las tiomuracinas.
- Para determinar el objetivo molecular y el perfil de resistencia de las tiomuracinas.
Principales métodos:
- Cribado de bacterias raras actinomycete para la actividad antimicrobiana contra el Staphylococcus aureus.
- Minería genómica para identificar grupos de genes de tiopéptido.
- Pruebas bioquímicas para determinar el objetivo de las tiomuracinas.
- Ensayos de selección de resistencia bacteriana.
Principales resultados:
- Identificación de las tiomuracinas, una nueva familia de tiopéptidos de una especie de Nonomuraea.
- Elucidación de la vía biosintética para las tiomuracinas y los tiopéptidos relacionados.
- Determinación de que las tiomuracinas se dirigen al factor de alargamiento bacteriano Tu (EF-Tu).
- Las tiomuracinas exhiben una potente actividad contra el Staphylococcus aureus con baja propensión al desarrollo de resistencia y sin resistencia cruzada con los antibióticos existentes.
Conclusiones:
- Las tiomuracinas representan una nueva clase prometedora de antibióticos dirigidos a un mecanismo bacteriano sin explotar.
- El descubrimiento proporciona información sobre la biosíntesis del tiopéptido y el potencial para la ingeniería de nuevos antibióticos.
- Las tiomuracinas ofrecen una solución potencial para combatir las infecciones bacterianas resistentes a los antibióticos.
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