A glycopeptide dendrimer inhibitor of the galactose-specific lectin LecA and of pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Rameshwar U. Kadam, Myriam Bergmann, Matthew Hurley, Divita Garg, Martina Cacciarini, Magdalena A. Swiderska, Cristina Nativi, Michael Sattler, Alan R. Smyth, Paul Williams, Miguel Cámara, Achim Stocker, Tamis Darbre, Jean Louis Reymond

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Abstract

Inhibiting factors: Biofilm inhibition is achieved with a phenylgalactosyl peptide dendrimer (see picture) that binds to the galactose-specific lectin LecA of P. aeruginosa. The multivalency of the ligands is critical for biofilm inhibition, although the nature of the linker between the peptide dendrimer and the galactose can provide additional contacts to the lectin and also has an effect on the interaction.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10631-10635
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition in English
Volume50
Issue number45
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Nov 2011

Keywords

  • biofilms
  • dendrimers
  • glycopeptides
  • lectins
  • multivalency

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