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A Fluorescence-Based Assay for Screening ?-Lactams Targeting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transpeptidase LdtMt2.


ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis l,d-transpeptidases (Ldts), which are involved in cell-wall biosynthesis, have emerged as promising targets for the treatment of tuberculosis. However, an efficient method for testing inhibition of these enzymes is not currently available. We present a fluorescence-based assay for LdtMt2 , which is suitable for high-throughput screening. Two fluorogenic probes were identified that release a fluorophore upon reaction with LdtMt2 , thus making it possible to assess the availability of the catalytic site in the presence of inhibitors. The assay was applied to a panel of ?-lactam antibiotics and related inhibitors; the results validate observations that the (carba)penem subclass of ?-lactams are more potent Ldt inhibitors than other ?-lactam classes, though unexpected variations in potency were observed. The method will enable systematic structure-activity relationship studies on Ldts, thereby facilitating the identification of new antibiotics active against M.?tuberculosis.

SUBMITTER: de Munnik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7028133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A Fluorescence-Based Assay for Screening β-Lactams Targeting the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transpeptidase Ldt<sub>Mt2</sub>.

de Munnik Mariska M   Lohans Christopher T CT   Langley Gareth W GW   Bon Corentin C   Brem Jürgen J   Schofield Christopher J CJ  

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20191108 3


Mycobacterium tuberculosis l,d-transpeptidases (Ldts), which are involved in cell-wall biosynthesis, have emerged as promising targets for the treatment of tuberculosis. However, an efficient method for testing inhibition of these enzymes is not currently available. We present a fluorescence-based assay for Ldt<sub>Mt2</sub> , which is suitable for high-throughput screening. Two fluorogenic probes were identified that release a fluorophore upon reaction with Ldt<sub>Mt2</sub> , thus making it po  ...[more]

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