Inhibition of LuxS by S-ribosylhomocysteine analogues containing a [4-aza]ribose ring |
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Authors: | Malladi Venkata L A Sobczak Adam J Meyer Tiffany M Pei Dehua Wnuk Stanislaw F |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA. |
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Abstract: | LuxS (S-ribosylhomocysteinase) catalyzes the cleavage of the thioether linkage of S-ribosylhomocysteine (SRH) to produce homocysteine and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), the precursor to a small signaling molecule that mediates interspecies bacterial communication called autoinducer 2 (AI-2). Inhibitors of LuxS should interfere with bacterial interspecies communication and potentially provide a novel class of antibacterial agents. In this work, SRH analogues containing substitution of a nitrogen atom for the endocyclic oxygen as well as various deoxyriboses were synthesized and evaluated for LuxS inhibition. Two of the 4-aza]SRH analogues showed modest competitive inhibition (K(I) ~40 μM), while most of the others were inactive. One compound that contains a hemiaminal moiety exhibited time-dependent inhibition, consistent with enzyme-catalyzed ring opening and conversion into a more potent species (K(I)(?)=3.5 μM). The structure-activity relationship of the designed inhibitors highlights the importance of both the homocysteine and ribose moieties for high-affinity binding to LuxS active site. |
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