2-alkenyloxy-3-(phosphono)oxypropanoic acids derived from the cleavage of phosphoglycolipid antibiotics

US5206405A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Werner Aretz · Königstein, DE
• Dirk Bottger · Liederbach, DE
• Gerhard Seibert · Darmstadt, DE
• Alois Tumulka · Königstein, DE
• Peter Welzel · Bochum, DE
• Kurt Hobert · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 11, 1992
• Grant date: Apr 27, 1993
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12R2001/07
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A new Bacillus species and the appropriate enzymes obtained therefrom can be used to break down phosphoglycolipid antibiotics. The breakdown products of moenomycins display antibiotic activity or can be used as building blocks for the synthetic preparation of transglycosylase inhibitors.