N. Morisaki et al., Structures of ADP-ribosylated rifampicin and its metabolite: Intermediatesof rifampicin-ribosylation by Mycobacterium smegmatis DSM43756, J ANTIBIOT, 53(3), 2000, pp. 269-275
23-(O-ADP-Ribosyl)rifampicin [RIP-TAs (3, Na+ form), RIP-TAf (4, H+ form)]
was obtained as an intermediate in the conversion process of rifampicin (1)
to RIP-Mb (2) that is mediated by cell homogenates of Mycobacterium smegma
tis DSM43756 or of Escherichia coli carrying a mycobacterial mono(ADP-ribos
yl) transferase gene, in the presence of NADH. 23-[O-(5'-Phosphoribosyl)] r
ifampicin (5, RIP-TAp) was also obtained by the reaction of rifampicin with
NADH in the presence of a homogenate of M. smegmatis. The structures of 3,
4, and 5 were determined by means of MS and NMR analyses.