Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has recently surpassed HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death by a single infectious agent. The standard therapeutic regimen against tuberculosis (TB) remains a long, expensive process involving a multidrug regimen, and the prominence of multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), and totally drug-resistant (TDR) strains continues to impede treatment success. An underexplored class of natural products—the capuramycin-type nucleoside antibiotics—have been shown to have potent anti-TB activity by inhibiting bacterial translocase I, a ubiquitous and essential enzyme that functions in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. The present review discusses current literature concerning the biosynthesis and chemical synthesis of capuramycin and analogs, seeking to highlight the potential of the capuramycin scaffold as a favorable anti-TB therapeutic that warrants further development.
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
1-25-2019
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24030433
Funding Information
This research was funded by National Institutes of Health, grant number AI128862 and AI087849 and National Natural Science Foundation of China, grant numbers 81321004 and 81761128016.
Repository Citation
Biecker, Ashley L.; Liu, Xiaodong; Thorson, Jon S.; Yang, Zhaoyong; and Van Lanen, Steven G., "Biosynthetic and Synthetic Strategies for Assembling Capuramycin-Type Antituberculosis Antibiotics" (2019). Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Publications. 144.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ps_facpub/144
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Molecules, v. 24, issue 3, 433, p. 1-17.
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