A series of N (alpha)-acyl (alkyl)- and N (alpha)-alkoxycarbonyl-derivatives of L- and D-ornithine were prepared, characterized, and analyzed for their potency toward the bacterial enzyme N (alpha)-acetyl-L-ornithine deacetylase (ArgE). ArgE catalyzes the conversion of N (alpha)-acetyl-L-ornithine to L-ornithine in the fifth step of the biosynthetic pathway for arginine, a necessary step for bacterial growth. Most of the compounds tested provided IC(50) values in the muM range toward ArgE, indicating that they are moderately strong inhibitors. N (alpha)-chloroacetyl-L-ornithine (1g) was the best inhibitor tested toward ArgE providing an IC(50) value of 85 microM while N (alpha)-trifluoroacetyl-L-ornithine (1f), N (alpha)-ethoxycarbonyl-L-ornithine (2b), and N (alpha)-acetyl-D-ornithine (1a) weakly inhibited ArgE activity providing IC(50) values between 200 and 410 microM. Weak inhibitory potency toward Bacillus subtilis-168 for N (alpha)-acetyl-D-ornithine (1a) and N (alpha)-fluoro- (1f), N (alpha)-chloro- (1g), N (alpha)-dichloro- (1h), and N (alpha)-trichloroacetyl-ornithine (1i) was also observed. These data correlate well with the IC(50) values determined for ArgE, suggesting that these compounds might be capable of getting across the cell membrane and that ArgE is likely the bacterial enzymatic target.
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- amidohydrolasy antagonisté a inhibitory MeSH
- antibakteriální látky chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- Bacillus subtilis účinky léků MeSH
- fosgen analogy a deriváty chemie MeSH
- hmotnostní spektrometrie s elektrosprejovou ionizací MeSH
- inhibitory enzymů chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- kinetika MeSH
- magnetická rezonanční spektroskopie MeSH
- mikrobiální testy citlivosti MeSH
- molekulární struktura MeSH
- molekulová hmotnost MeSH
- ornithin analogy a deriváty chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- polystyreny chemie MeSH
- proteiny z Escherichia coli antagonisté a inhibitory MeSH
- racionální návrh léčiv MeSH
- vysokoúčinná kapalinová chromatografie MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
