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  • Effect of the Peptide Moiet...
    Shih, Hao-Wei; Chang, Yi-Fan; Li, Wei-Jing; Meng, Fan-Chun; Huang, Chia-Ying; Ma, Che; Cheng, Ting-Jen R.; Wong, Chi-Huey; Cheng, Wei-Chieh

    Angewandte Chemie (International ed.), October 1, 2012, Volume: 51, Issue: 40
    Journal Article

    The writing's on the (cell) wall: A series of Lipid II analogues with modifications to the peptide moiety were evaluated as substrates of bacterial transglycosylase. The first two positions on the peptide, D‐lactate and L‐alanine (see scheme), especially their methyl groups, were found to be essential for substrate‐binding activity, an important discovery for the design of antibiotics to inhibit cell‐wall biosynthesis.