%0 Journal Article
%T Gram-scale total synthesis of teixobactin promoting binding mode study and discovery of more potent antibiotics.
%A Zong Y
%A Fang F
%A Meyer KJ
%A Wang L
%A Ni Z
%A Gao H
%A Lewis K
%A Zhang J
%A Rao Y
%J Nat Commun
%V 10
%N 1
%D 07 2019 22
%M 31332172
%F 17.694
%R 10.1038/s41467-019-11211-y
%X Teixobactin represents a new class of antibiotics with novel structure and excellent activity against Gram-positive pathogens and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Herein, we report a one-pot reaction to conveniently construct the key building block L-allo-Enduracidine in 30-gram scale in just one hour  and a convergent strategy (3 + 2 + 6) to accomplish a gram-scale total synthesis of teixobactin. Several analogs are described, with 20 and 26 identified as the most efficacious analogs with 3~8-fold and 2~4-fold greater potency against vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus respectively in comparison with teixobactin. In addition, they show high efficiency in Streptococcus pneumoniae septicemia mouse model and neutropenic mouse thigh infection model using methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. We also propose that the antiparallel β-sheet of teixobactin is important for its bioactivity and an antiparallel dimer of teixobactin is the minimal binding unit for lipid II via key amino acids variations and molecular docking.