Clostridium difficile DNA Polymerase IIIC: Basis for Activity of Anti-Bacterial Compounds

Title: Clostridium difficile DNA Polymerase IIIC: Basis for Activity of Anti-Bacterial Compounds

Volume: 7 Issue: 3

Author(s): Andrea Torti, Andrea Lossani, Lida Savi, Federico Focher, George E. Wright, Neal C. Brown and Wei-Chu Xu

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Keywords: Antibacterials, C. difficile, competitive inhibitors, DNA polymerase, replication, Gram-positive aerobes, B. subtilis, vancomycin, SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, morpholinyl derivatives

Abstract: Based on the finding that aerobic Gram-positive antibacterials that inhibit DNA polymerase IIIC (pol IIIC) were potent inhibitors of the growth of anaerobic Clostridium difficile (CD) strains, we chose to clone and express the gene for pol IIIC from this organism. The properties of the recombinant enzyme are similar to those of related pol IIICs from Gram-positive aerobes, e.g. B. subtilis. Inhibitors of the CD enzyme also inhibited B. subtilis pol IIIC, and were competitive with respect to the cognate substrate 2'-deoxyguanosine 5'-triphosphate (dGTP). Significantly, several of these inhibitors of the CD pol IIIC had potent activity against the growth of CD clinical isolates in culture.

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Torti Andrea, Lossani Andrea, Savi Lida, Focher Federico, E. Wright George, C. Brown Neal and Xu Wei-Chu, Clostridium difficile DNA Polymerase IIIC: Basis for Activity of Anti-Bacterial Compounds, Current Enzyme Inhibition 2011; 7 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340811798807597