Chitinase inhibitors: extraction of the active framework from natural argifin and use of in situ click chemistry
Chitinase inhibitors: extraction of the active framework from natural argifin and use of in situ click chemistry
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DOI:
10.1038/ja.2009.28
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Omura, Satoshi
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作者:
Hirose, Tomoyasu;Sunazuka, Toshiaki;Omura, Satoshi
In situ click chemistry is a target-guided synthesis technique for discovering potent protein ligands by assembling azides and alkynes into triazoles inside the affinity site of a target protein. We report the rapid discovery of a new and potent inhibitor of bacterial chitinases by the use of in situ click chemistry. We observed a target-templated formation of a potent triazole inhibitor of the chitinase-catalyzed chitin hydrolysis, through in situ click chemistry between a biologically active azide-containing scaffold and structurally unrelated alkyne fragments. Chitinase inhibitors have chemotherapeutic potential as fungicides, pesticides and antiasthmatics. Argifin, which has been isolated and characterized as a cyclopentapeptide natural product by our research group, shows strong inhibitory activity against chitinases. As a result of our efforts at developing a chitinase inhibitor from an azide-bearing argifin fragment and the application of the chitinase template and a library of alkynes, we rapidly obtained a very potent and new 1,5-disubstituted triazole inhibitor against Serratia marcescens chitinase (SmChi) B. The new inhibitor expressed 300-fold increase in the inhibitory activity against SmChiB compared with that of argifin. To the best of our knowledge, our finding of an enzyme-made 1,5-disubstituted triazole, using in situ click chemistry is the second example reported in the literature. The Journal of Antibiotics (2009) 62, 277-282; doi:10.1038/ja.2009.28; published online 27 March 2009