Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 295-306Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bab.1026
Keywords
amination; cephalosporins; 2; 5-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid; laccase; penicillins; resistance
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Seven novel beta-lactam antibiotics with activities against Gram-positive bacterial strains, among them methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci, were synthesized by amination of 2,5-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid in usable yields (30-60%). These products protected mice against an infection with S. aureus lethal to the control animals. The results show the usefulness of laccase for the synthesis of potential new antibiotics, in addition to the interdependence of the laccase substrates, the amino coupling partners, and the product formation, yield, and activity. The syntheses of beta-lactam antibiotics with 2,5-dihydroxyaromatic acid substructures (para-substituted) are then compared with those of 3,4-dihydroxyaromatic acid substructures (ortho-substituted). Para-substituted laccase substrates were better reaction partners in these syntheses than ortho-substituted compounds.
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