The site of inhibition of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis by azureomycin B, a new antibiotic
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The site of inhibition of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis by azureomycin B, a new antibiotic
Abstract
Azureomycin B (10 micrograms/ml), a new antibiotic from Pseudonocardia azurea nov. sp., caused the accumulation of lipid intermediate and inhibition of peptidoglycan synthesis in an invitro system using a particulate fraction from Bacillus megaterium KM with UDP-MurNAc-[3H]pentapeptide and cold UDP-GlcNac or cold UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide and UDP-[3H]GlcNAc as substrates. At higher concentrations of azureomycin B (over 100 microgram/ml), lipid intermediate accumulation was also inhibited. When particulate fraction from Escherichia coli Y-10 and UDP-[14C[GlcNAc and cold UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide were used, accumulation of lipid intermediate and inhibition of peptidoglycan synthesis were also observed. These results indicate that the primary target of azureomycin B is the transfer of the disaccharide peptide unit (GlcNAc-MurNAc-pentapeptide) from lipid-bound precursor to acceptor.
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