Arsinothricin

Arsinothricin
Clinical data
Drug classglutamine synthetase inhibitor
Identifiers
  • 2-amino-4-[hydroxy(methyl)arsoryl]butanoic acid
CAS Number
PubChem CID
PDB ligand
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC5H12AsNO4
Molar mass225.076 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C[As](=O)(CCC(C(=O)O)N)O
  • InChI=InChI=1S/C5H12AsNO4/c1-6(10,11)3-2-4(7)5(8)9/h4H,2-3,7H2,1H3,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)
  • Key:CXTQPLOKUBDLTK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Arsinothricin is a naturally occurring organoarsenical antibiotic produced by the rhizosphere bacterium Burkholderia gladioli. Ongoing research suggests that it may be an effective antimalarial medication, functioning both as a treatment and as transmission control by effectively blocking the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum to mosquitos from infected individuals.

References

  1. ↑ Nadar VS, Chen J, Dheeman DS, Galván AE, Yoshinaga-Sakurai K, Kandavelu P, et al. (2019). "Arsinothricin, an arsenic-containing non-proteinogenic amino acid analog of glutamate, is a broad-spectrum antibiotic". Communications Biology. 2 131. doi:10.1038/s42003-019-0365-y. PMC 6465285. PMID 30993215.
  2. ↑ Hoshino S, Onaka H, Abe I (April 2025). "Recent advances in the biosynthetic studies of bacterial organoarsenic natural products". Natural Product Reports. 42 (4): 663–671. doi:10.1039/d4np00036f. PMID 39192828.
  3. ↑ Sattar A, Xie S, Hafeez MA, Wang X, Hussain HI, Iqbal Z, et al. (December 2016). "Metabolism and toxicity of arsenicals in mammals". Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 48: 214–224. Bibcode:2016EnvTP..48..214S. doi:10.1016/j.etap.2016.10.020. PMID 27829199.
  4. ↑ Howlader AH, Suzol SH, Nadar VS, Galván AE, Nedovic A, Cudic P, et al. (October 2021). "Chemical synthesis of the organoarsenical antibiotic arsinothricin". RSC Advances. 11 (56): 35600–35606. Bibcode:2021RSCAd..1135600H. doi:10.1039/d1ra06770b. PMC 9043123. PMID 35493177.
  5. ↑ Yoshinaga M, Niu G, Yoshinaga-Sakurai K, Nadar VS, Wang X, Rosen BP, et al. (May 2023). "Arsinothricin Inhibits Plasmodium falciparum Proliferation in Blood and Blocks Parasite Transmission to Mosquitoes". Microorganisms. 11 (5): 1195. doi:10.3390/microorganisms11051195. PMC 10222646. PMID 37317169.