Rational design of inhibitors of VirA–VirG two-component signal transduction
摘要:
VirA-VirG two-component system regulates the vir (virulence) operon in response to specific host factors (xenognosins) in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Using whole cell assays, stable inhibitors inspired by the labile natural benzoxazinone inhibitor HDMBOA are developed. It is found that aromatic aldehydes represent a minimal structural unit for activity. In particular, 3-hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxy-3H-isobenzofuran-1-one (HDI) was found to have the highest activity, making it the most potent developed inhibitor of virulence gene expression in Agrobacterium. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Enantioselective synthesis of the dimeric pyranonaphthoquinone core of the cardinalins using a late-stage homocoupling strategy
作者:Jonathan Sperry、Jennifer S. Gibson、Jimmy J. P. Sejberg、Margaret A. Brimble
DOI:10.1039/b813605j
日期:——
The enantioselective synthesis of a dimeric pyranonaphthoquinone closely related to the cardinalins is described. Whilst attempts to effect a double Hauser-Kraus annulation of enone 5 were unsuccessful using both bis-phthalide 4 and bis-sulfone 21, a single annulation of cyanophthalide 28 with enone 5 furnished functionalised naphthalene 31. Suzuki-Miyaura homocoupling of the aryl triflate 29 derived