title: Simocyclinone D8, an inhibitor of DNA gyrase with a novel mode of action.
abstract: We have characterized the interaction of a new class of antibiotics, simocyclinones, with bacterial DNA gyrase. Even though their structures include an aminocoumarin moiety, a key feature of novobiocin, coumermycin A(1), and clorobiocin, which also target gyrase, simocyclinones behave strikingly differently from these compounds. Simocyclinone D8 is a potent inhibitor of gyrase supercoiling, with a 50% inhibitory concentration lower than that of novobiocin. However, it does not competitively inhibit the DNA-independent ATPase reaction of GyrB, which is characteristic of other aminocoumarins. Simocyclinone D8 also inhibits DNA relaxation by gyrase but does not stimulate cleavage complex formation, unlike quinolones, the other major class of gyrase inhibitors; instead, it abrogates both Ca(2+)- and quinolone-induced cleavage complex formation. Binding studies suggest that simocyclinone D8 interacts with the N-terminal domain of GyrA. Taken together, our results demonstrate that simocyclinones inhibit an early step of the gyrase catalytic cycle by preventing binding of the enzyme to DNA. This is a novel mechanism for a gyrase inhibitor and presents new possibilities for antibacterial drug development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.
authors.forename: Ruth H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Flatman
authors.forename: Alison J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Howells
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heide
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maxwell
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D003374:Coumarins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004278:DNA, Superhelical / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020349:Surface Plasmon Resonance; D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins; D004278:DNA, Superhelical; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006027:Glycosides; D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; C416814:simocyclinone D8; D004247:DNA; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases
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