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Redesigning Daptomycin: Chemical-Enzymatic Hybrid Approach to New Cyclic Lipopeptide Antibiotics

In VitroPreliminary evidence
The takeaway

Chemoenzymatic modification of daptomycin's lipopeptide structure created hybrid antibiotics with novel activity profiles, revealing structure-activity relationships for this clinically important cyclic peptide antibiotic class.

Key finding

Chemoenzymatic design of daptomycin-related acidic lipopeptides created hybrid antibiotics with modified activity profiles, revealing SAR rules for th

What the researchers found

Chemoenzymatic design of daptomycin-related acidic lipopeptides created hybrid antibiotics with modified activity profiles, revealing SAR rules for the daptomycin macrocyclic core and advancing next-generation cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic design.

Why it matters

Relevant for cyclic-peptides, antimicrobial-peptides, peptide-design.

How the study worked

in-vitro study on cyclic-peptides, antimicrobial-peptides.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

preliminary evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2006.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.
  • Clinical translation to evaluate.

Common questions

What was studied?
Redesigning Daptomycin: Chemical-Enzymatic Hybrid Approach to New Cyclic Lipopeptide Antibiotics
What was found?
Chemoenzymatic modification of daptomycin's lipopeptide structure created hybrid antibiotics with novel activity profiles, revealing structure-activity relationships for this clinically important cyclic peptide antibiotic class.

Read the original research

Chemoenzymatic design of acidic lipopeptide hybrids: new insights into the structure-activity relationship of daptomycin and A54145.

Biochemistry, 45(35), 10474-81

Citation

Kopp, Florian; Grünewald, Jan; Mahlert, Christoph; Marahiel, Mohamed A. (2006). Chemoenzymatic design of acidic lipopeptide hybrids: new insights into the structure-activity relationship of daptomycin and A54145.. Biochemistry, 45(35), 10474-81.