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SUBMITTER: Sauvage E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2896319 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sauvage Eric E Zervosen Astrid A Dive Georges G Herman Raphael R Amoroso Ana A Joris Bernard B Fonzé Eveline E Pratt Rex F RF Luxen André A Charlier Paulette P Kerff Frédéric F
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20091001 42
6-Beta-halogenopenicillanates are powerful, irreversible inhibitors of various beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins. Upon acylation of these enzymes, the inhibitors are thought to undergo a structural rearrangement associated with the departure of the iodide and formation of a dihydrothiazine ring, but, to date, no structural evidence has proven this. 6-Beta-iodopenicillanic acid (BIP) is shown here to be an active antibiotic against various bacterial strains and an effective inhibito ...[more]