Abstract:
:α-Alkylidene-γ-butyrolactones are quite common in nature and exhibit a broad spectrum of biological activities. We therefore synthesized a small library of xanthatine inspired α-alkylidene-γ-butyrolactones to screen non-pathogenic and uropathogenic E. coli strains by activity based protein profiling (ABPP). The identified targets are involved in cellular redox processes and give first insight into the preferred binding sites of this privileged motif. Furthermore the gene of one protein, c2450, which was only identified in uropathogenic E. coli belongs to a genomic island which encodes a hybrid polyketide/non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (PKS/NRPS). This system is responsible for the synthesis of colibactin, a natural product which causes DNA double strand breaks in eukaryotic cells leading to the activation of the DNA damage checkpoint pathway and subsequent cell cycle arrest. While the role of several proteins that are involved in the colibactin synthesis has been elucidated, the function of c2450 remains elusive. Investigation of the binding site showed that c2450 is modified at a cysteine residue which may be important for the catalytic activity.
journal_name
Mol Biosystjournal_title
Molecular bioSystemsauthors
Kunzmann MH,Sieber SAdoi
10.1039/c2mb25313esubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-11-01 00:00:00pages
3061-7issue
11eissn
1742-206Xissn
1742-2051journal_volume
8pub_type
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