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Voula Mitsakos1, Renwick C J Dobson, F Grant Pearce, Sean R Devenish, Genevieve L Evans, Benjamin R Burgess, Matthew A Perugini, Juliet A Gerrard, Craig A Hutton.
Abstract
Dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) is a key enzyme in lysine biosynthesis and an important antibiotic target. The specificity of a range of heterocyclic product analogues against DHDPS from three pathogenic species, Bacillus anthracis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and the evolutionarily related N-acetylneuraminate lyase, has been determined. The results suggest that the development of species-specific inhibitors of DHDPS as potential antibacterials is achievable.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18054225 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823