title: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol: A substrate for IspE.
abstract: Enantiomerically pure 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate 1 (MEP) is synthesized from 1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-xylofuranose via facile benzylation in good yield. Subsequently, 1 is used for enzymatic synthesis of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2 (CDP-ME) using 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol synthase (IspD). The chemoenzymatically synthesized 2 can be used as substrate for assay of IspE and for high throughput screening to identify IspE inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Colorado State University, 1682 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins CO 80523-1682, USA.
authors.forename: Prabagaran
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narayanasamy
authors.forename: Hyungjin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eoh
authors.forename: Dean C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Crick