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ArticleBiochemistry2014

Producing proficient methyl donors from alternative substrates of S-adenosylmethionine synthetase.

Yasanandana S Wijayasinghe, Robert M Blumenthal, Ronald E Viola

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Article in Biochemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yasanandana S WijayasingheDepartment of Chemistry, University of Toledo , Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States.
Robert M Blumenthal
Ronald E Viola
University of Toledo · USUniversity of Toledo Medical Center · US

Funding

Selective Agents to Block Virulence in Gram-negative PathogensR21AI098702 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO · PI BLUMENTHAL, ROBERT MARTIN, VIOLA, RONALD EDWARD · 2012 to 2013
$394k
NIAID NIH HHS AI098702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria use quorum sensing to probe and respond to population densities in their external environment. The detection of quorum signaling molecules causes a virulence response in many pathogenic bacteria. Blocking this signaling pathway, without interfering with critical metabolic functions, would produce compounds that can disarm pathogens without killing them. By not blocking growth per se, this therapeutic approach would have a lower associated risk for the development of bacterial resistance. Modified forms of l-methionine can yield analogues of the essential methyl donor, S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet), by serving as substrates for AdoMet synthetase [Zano, S., et al. (2013) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 536, 64]. The AdoMet analogues examined here were chosen for their putative inability to serve as precursors for the synthesis of the acylhomoserine lactone class of quorum sensing molecules. We now show that these AdoMet analogues can still function as methyl donors, for methylation of both DNA and catechol-based neurotransmitters. The rates of methyl transfer for several of these altered AdoMet analogues are comparable to those observed with unmodified AdoMet. Additional refinement of these structures is expected to produce lead compounds to be tested as selective therapeutic agents against infections by a broad range of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria.

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DNA MethylationMethionine AdenosyltransferaseQuorum SensingS-AdenosylmethionineMethionine AdenosyltransferaseS-Adenosylmethionine

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PMID24528526
PMCPMC3985469
OpenAlexW2315950606

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