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Gang Cheng1, Stephen P Muench, Ying Zhou, Gustavo A Afanador, Ernest J Mui, Alina Fomovska, Bo Shiun Lai, Sean T Prigge, Stuart Woods, Craig W Roberts, Mark R Hickman, Patty J Lee, Susan E Leed, Jennifer M Auschwitz, David W Rice, Rima McLeod.
Abstract
Triclosan is a potent inhibitor of Toxoplasma gondii enoyl reductase (TgENR), which is an essential enzyme for parasite survival. In view of triclosan's poor druggability, which limits its therapeutic use, a new set of B-ring modified analogs were designed to optimize its physico-chemical properties. These derivatives were synthesized and evaluated by in vitro assay and TgENR enzyme assay. Some analogs display improved solubility, permeability and a comparable MIC50 value to that of triclosan. Modeling of these inhibitors revealed the same overall binding mode with the enzyme as triclosan, but the B-ring modifications have additional interactions with the strongly conserved Asn130.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23453069 PMCID: PMC3625046 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.019
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823