IBTM-Containing Gramicidin S Analogues: Evidence for IBTM as a Suitable Type II‘ β-Turn Mimetic1,2

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Abstract

The 2-amino-3-oxohexahydroindolizino[8,7-b]indole-5-carboxylate system (IBTM) has been proposed as a dipeptide surrogate of type II‘ β-turns. To evaluate which of the 11bR and 11bS diastereomers of IBTM best reproduces the conformational properties of type II‘ β-turns, gramicidin S (GS), a cyclic antibiotic peptide that contains two such units, has been chosen as a test compound and the effect of either diastereomer on both conformation and activity of the resulting peptide analogues has been determined. A conventional approach to the cyclic peptide structure based on solution cyclization of a partially protected precursor was only practicable for the (S)-IBTM diastereomer. As an alternative, a solid phase mediated cyclization approach has been devised and applied successfully to both gramicidin S and its Lys2,2‘ analogue, then extended to the (R)-IBTM-containing analogues. NMR conformational analysis has clearly shown that only the (R) diastereomer of IBTM is a suitable mimic of the type II‘ β-turn conformation typical of GS. Differences in antibacterial activity between the (S)- and (R)-IBTM-containing GS analogues confirm the conformational results.

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