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Elbaramawi SS, Eissa AG, Noureldin NA, Simons C. Exploring Proteus mirabilis Methionine tRNA Synthetase Active Site: Homology Model Construction, Molecular Dynamics, Pharmacophore and Docking Validation. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:1263. [PMID: 37765071 PMCID: PMC10535265 DOI: 10.3390/ph16091263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 08/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Currently, the treatment of Proteus mirabilis infections is considered to be complicated as the organism has become resistant to numerous antibiotic classes. Therefore, new inhibitors should be developed, targeting bacterial molecular functions. Methionine tRNA synthetase (MetRS), a member of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family, is essential for protein biosynthesis offering a promising target for novel antibiotics discovery. In the context of computer-aided drug design (CADD), the current research presents the construction and analysis of a comparative homology model for P. mirabilis MetRS, enabling development of novel inhibitors with greater selectivity. Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) software was used to build a homology model for P. mirabilis MetRS using Escherichia coli MetRS as a template. The model was evaluated, and the active site of the target protein predicted from its sequence using conservation analysis. Molecular dynamic simulations were performed to evaluate the stability of the modeled protein structure. In order to evaluate the predicted active site interactions, methionine (the natural substrate of MetRS) and several inhibitors of bacterial MetRS were docked into the constructed model using MOE. After validation of the model, pharmacophore-based virtual screening for a systemically prepared dataset of compounds was performed to prove the feasibility of the proposed model, identifying possible parent compounds for further development of MetRS inhibitors against P. mirabilis.
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- Samar S. Elbaramawi
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (S.S.E.); (A.G.E.); (N.A.N.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (S.S.E.); (A.G.E.); (N.A.N.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (S.S.E.); (A.G.E.); (N.A.N.)
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- School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK
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Mercaldi GF, Andrade MDO, Zanella JDL, Cordeiro AT, Benedetti CE. Molecular basis for diaryldiamine selectivity and competition with tRNA in a type 2 methionyl-tRNA synthetase from a Gram-negative bacterium. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100658. [PMID: 33857480 PMCID: PMC8165550 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for a variety of human, animal, and plant diseases. The spread of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria poses a challenge to disease control and highlights the need for novel antimicrobials. Owing to their critical role in protein synthesis, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, including the methionyl-tRNA synthetases MetRS1 and MetRS2, are attractive drug targets. MetRS1 has long been exploited as a drug target in Gram-positive bacteria and protozoan parasites. However, MetRS1 inhibitors have limited action upon Gram-negative pathogens or on Gram-positive bacteria that produce MetRS2 enzymes. The underlying mechanism by which MetRS2 enzymes are insensitive to MetRS1 inhibitors is presently unknown. Herein, we report the first structures of MetRS2 from a multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterium in its ligand-free state and bound to its substrate or MetRS1 inhibitors. The structures reveal the binding mode of two diaryldiamine MetRS1 inhibitors that occupy the amino acid-binding site and a surrounding auxiliary pocket implicated in tRNA acceptor arm binding. The structural features associated with amino acid polymorphisms found in the methionine and auxiliary pockets reveal the molecular basis for diaryldiamine binding and selectivity between MetRS1 and MetRS2 enzymes. Moreover, we show that mutations in key polymorphic residues in the methionine and auxiliary pockets not only altered inhibitor binding affinity but also significantly reduced enzyme function. Our findings thus reinforce the tRNA acceptor arm binding site as a druggable pocket in class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and provide a structural basis for optimization of MetRS2 inhibitors for the development of new antimicrobials against Gram-negative pathogens.
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- Gustavo Fernando Mercaldi
- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), Brazilian Centre for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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Zhang S, Xiong H, Lu F, Ma F, Gu Y, Ma P, Xu H, Yang G. Synthesis of N-Acyl Sulfamates from Fluorosulfonates and Potassium Trimethylsilyloxyl Imidates. J Org Chem 2019; 84:15380-15388. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b02394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gilles P, Veryser C, Vangrunderbeeck S, Ceusters S, Van Meervelt L, De Borggraeve WM. Synthesis of N-Acyl Sulfamates from Fluorosulfates and Amides. J Org Chem 2018; 84:1070-1078. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b02785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yoon S, Kim JH, Kim SE, Kim C, Tran PT, Ann J, Koh Y, Jang J, Kim S, Moon HS, Kim WK, Lee S, Lee J, Kim S, Lee J. Discovery of Leucyladenylate Sulfamates as Novel Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase (LRS)-Targeted Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1) Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2016; 59:10322-10328. [PMID: 27933890 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Recent studies indicate that LRS may act as a leucine sensor for the mTORC1 pathway, potentially providing an alternative strategy to overcome rapamycin resistance in cancer treatments. In this study, we developed leucyladenylate sulfamate derivatives as LRS-targeted mTORC1 inhibitors. Compound 18 selectively inhibited LRS-mediated mTORC1 activation and exerted specific cytotoxicity against colon cancer cells with a hyperactive mTORC1, suggesting that 18 may offer a novel treatment option for human colorectal cancer.
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- Suyoung Yoon
- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Department of Global Medical Science, Sungshin University , Seoul 142-732, Korea
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- Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea.,Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University , Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Serpi M, Ferrari V, Pertusati F. Nucleoside Derived Antibiotics to Fight Microbial Drug Resistance: New Utilities for an Established Class of Drugs? J Med Chem 2016; 59:10343-10382. [PMID: 27607900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to combat the rise of infections due to drug-resistant microorganisms. Numerous natural nucleosides and their synthetically modified analogues have been reported to have moderate to good antibiotic activity against different bacterial and fungal strains. Nucleoside-based compounds target several crucial processes of bacterial and fungal cells such as nucleoside metabolism and cell wall, nucleic acid, and protein biosynthesis. Nucleoside analogues have also been shown to target many other bacterial and fungal cellular processes although these are not well characterized and may therefore represent opportunities to discover new drugs with unique mechanisms of action. In this Perspective, we demonstrate that nucleoside analogues, cornerstones of anticancer and antiviral treatments, also have great potential to be repurposed as antibiotics so that an old drug can learn new tricks.
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- Michaela Serpi
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University , Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University , Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University , Redwood Building, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Bockman MR, Kalinda AS, Petrelli R, De la Mora-Rey T, Tiwari D, Liu F, Dawadi S, Nandakumar M, Rhee KY, Schnappinger D, Finzel BC, Aldrich CC. Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Biotin Protein Ligase (MtBPL) with Nucleoside-Based Bisubstrate Adenylation Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2015; 58:7349-7369. [PMID: 26299766 PMCID: PMC4667793 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), responsible for both latent and symptomatic tuberculosis (TB), remains the second leading cause of mortality among infectious diseases worldwide. Mycobacterial biotin protein ligase (MtBPL) is an essential enzyme in Mtb and regulates lipid metabolism through the post-translational biotinylation of acyl coenzyme A carboxylases. We report the synthesis and evaluation of a systematic series of potent nucleoside-based inhibitors of MtBPL that contain modifications to the ribofuranosyl ring of the nucleoside. All compounds were characterized by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and shown to bind potently with K(D)s ≤ 2 nM. Additionally, we obtained high-resolution cocrystal structures for a majority of the compounds. Despite fairly uniform biochemical potency, the whole-cell Mtb activity varied greatly with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranging from 0.78 to >100 μM. Cellular accumulation studies showed a nearly 10-fold enhancement in accumulation of a C-2'-α analogue over the corresponding C-2'-β analogue, consistent with their differential whole-cell activity.
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- Matthew R. Bockman
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA,Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, MN 55455 USA
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- Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, MN 55455 USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA,Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota, MN 55455 USA,Corresponding Author Footnote: To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone 612-625-7956. Fax 612-626-3114.
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Gadakh B, Vondenhoff G, Lescrinier E, Rozenski J, Froeyen M, Van Aerschot A. Base substituted 5'-O-(N-isoleucyl)sulfamoyl nucleoside analogues as potential antibacterial agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 22:2875-86. [PMID: 24746466 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Aminoacyl-sulfamoyl adenosines are well-known nanomolar inhibitors of the corresponding prokaryotic and eukaryotic tRNA synthetases in vitro. Inspired by the aryl-tetrazole containing compounds of Cubist Pharmaceuticals and the modified base as found in the natural antibiotic albomycin, the selectivity issue of the sulfamoylated adenosines prompted us to investigate the pharmacophoric importance of the adenine base. We therefore synthesized and evaluated several isoleucyl-sulfamoyl nucleoside analogues with either uracil, cytosine, hypoxanthine, guanine, 1,3-dideaza-adenine (benzimidazole) or 4-nitro-benzimidazole as the heterocyclic base. Based on the structure and antibacterial activity of microcin C, we also prepared their hexapeptidyl conjugates in an effort to improve their uptake potential. We further compared their antibacterial activity with the parent isoleucyl-sulfamoyl adenosine (Ile-SA), both in in vitro and in cellular assays. Surprisingly, the strongest in vitro inhibition was found for the uracil containing analogue 16f. Unfortunately, only very weak growth inhibitory properties were found as of low uptake. The results are discussed in the light of previous literature findings.
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- Bharat Gadakh
- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium.
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Spillane W, Malaubier JB. Sulfamic Acid and Its N- and O-Substituted Derivatives. Chem Rev 2013; 114:2507-86. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400230c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- William Spillane
- School
of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Manufacturing Science
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Farrera-Sinfreu J, Español Y, Geslain R, Guitart T, Albericio F, Ribas de Pouplana L, Royo M. Solid-Phase Combinatorial Synthesis of a Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase (LysRS) Inhibitory Library. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 10:391-400. [DOI: 10.1021/cc700157j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Josep Farrera-Sinfreu
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Combinatorial Chemistry Unit, Barcelona Science Park, University of Barcelona, Josep Samitier 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Martí i Franqués 1, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010-Barcelona, Spain
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Ahmadibeni Y, Parang K. Synthesis and evaluation of modified oligodeoxynucleotides containing diphosphodiester internucleotide linkages. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007; 46:4739-43. [PMID: 17497623 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200605029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yousef Ahmadibeni
- Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 41 Lower College Road, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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Torchala M, Hoffmann M. IA, database of known ligands of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2007; 21:523-5. [PMID: 17882381 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-007-9135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The IA database contains 240 structures of known inhibitors of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Structures can be downloaded in different file formats (mol, sdf, smile, png). The search engine offers possibility of searching for the ligands with a given functional group. Additionally, one can search for ligands that act on selected synthetases and from particular references. The data include information which synthetase a given ligand inhibits together with the inhibition constant (IC50) if known.
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Ahmadibeni Y, Parang K. Synthesis and Evaluation of Modified Oligodeoxynucleotides Containing Diphosphodiester Internucleotide Linkages. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200605029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Janin YL. Antituberculosis drugs: ten years of research. Bioorg Med Chem 2007; 15:2479-513. [PMID: 17291770 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2007.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 335] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2006] [Revised: 12/26/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tuberculosis is today amongst the worldwide health threats. As resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have slowly emerged, treatment failure is too often a fact, especially in countries lacking the necessary health care organisation to provide the long and costly treatment adapted to patients. Because of lack of treatment or lack of adapted treatment, at least two million people will die of tuberculosis this year. Due to this concern, this infectious disease was the focus of renewed scientific interest in the last decade. Regimens were optimized and much was learnt on the mechanisms of action of the antituberculosis drugs used. Moreover, the quest for original drugs overcoming some of the problems of current regimens also became the focus of research programmes and many new series of M. tuberculosis growth inhibitors were reported. This review presents the drugs currently used in antituberculosis treatments and the most advanced compounds undergoing clinical trials. We then provide a description of their mechanism of action along with other series of inhibitors known to act on related biochemical targets. This is followed by other inhibitors of M. tuberculosis growth, including recently reported compounds devoid of a reported mechanism of action.
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- Yves L Janin
- URA 2128 CNRS-Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Kim SY, Yoon EJ, Choi EC, Kim S, Kang T, Samrin F, Puri S, Lee J. Design and synthesis of quinolinones as methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:7154-9. [PMID: 16854585 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.06.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Five new structural analogues of substituted-1H-quinolinones (19, 20, 23, 24, and 26) have been synthesized and evaluated for Staphylococcus aureus methionyl-tRNA synthetase enzyme inhibitory activity. These compounds were also tested against pathogens of six S. aureus, two Enterococcus faecalis, and one Enterococcus faecium. Among all the synthesized quinolinones, compound 20 displayed significant inhibitory activities in the strains of E. faecalis and E. faecium.
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Kim SY, Lee YS, Kang T, Kim S, Lee J. Pharmacophore-based virtual screening: The discovery of novel methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2006; 16:4898-907. [PMID: 16824759 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.06.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/16/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We have performed virtual screening of a chemical database of 508,143 commercially available chemicals to search for new methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS) inhibitors. In this study, potent lead compounds with a novel skeleton, including compound 27 with IC50 = 237 nM, were successfully identified as Escherichia coli MetRS inhibitors.
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- Su Yeon Kim
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shinlim-Dong, Kwanak-Ku, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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