{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Gram-scale total synthesis of teixobactin promoting binding mode study and discovery of more potent antibiotics.
{Author}: Zong Y;Fang F;Meyer KJ;Wang L;Ni Z;Gao H;Lewis K;Zhang J;Rao Y;
{Journal}: Nat Commun
{Volume}: 10
{Issue}: 1
{Year}: 07 2019 22
{Factor}: 17.694
{DOI}: 10.1038/s41467-019-11211-y
{Abstract}: 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.