Macrocyclic inhibitors of the bacterial cell wall biosynthesis enzyme MurD

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2003 May 5;13(9):1557-60. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(03)00176-8.

Abstract

Computer-based molecular design has been used to produce a series of new macrocyclic systems targeted against the bacterial cell wall biosynthetic enzyme MurD. Following their preparation, which involved a novel metathesis-based cyclisation as the key step, these systems were found to show good inhibition when assayed against the MurD enzyme.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Cell Wall / chemistry
  • Cell Wall / metabolism
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Drug Design
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / chemistry*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds / chemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Peptide Synthases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Peptide Synthases / chemistry
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Heterocyclic Compounds
  • Peptide Synthases
  • UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine-D-glutamate ligase