PMID: 2493440Jan 1, 1989Paper

Lactivicin, a naturally occurring non-beta-lactam antibiotic having beta-lactam-like action: biological activities and mode of action

The Journal of Antibiotics
Y NozakiH Okazaki

Abstract

Lactivicin is moderately active against a wide range of Gram-negative bacteria and highly active against Gram-positive bacteria. It shows various biological activities commonly observed with beta-lactam antibiotics, such as higher activity against beta-lactam hypersensitive mutants than against their parents, sensitivity to beta-lactamases, inhibitory activity against beta-lactamases and ability to induce beta-lactamase activity. The primary lethal target of lactivicin in Escherichia coli is highly likely to be penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 1; lactivicin strongly lysed E. coli cells with induction of spheroplasts at its MIC, and showed high affinity for PBPs 1A and 1B. At concentrations above x 5 MIC, however, lactivicin dominantly exhibited secondary antibacterial action possibly owing to inhibition of crucial SH proteins engaged in the fundamental membrane functions. In contrast, against Bacillus subtilis, lactivicin showed the typical beta-lactam action under a wide range of concentrations. It showed high affinity for PBPs 1, 2 and 4, the possible lethal targets of beta-lactam antibiotics in this organism. In conclusion, lactivicin is the first non-beta-lactam antibiotic showing beta-lactam action through binding to PBPs.

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