Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Inhibitors of Thymidine Monophosphate Kinase from<i>Bacillus Anthracis</i>
作者:Youngjoo Byun、Susan R. Vogel、Andrew J. Phipps、Cecilia Carnrot、Staffan Eriksson、Rohit Tiwari、Werner Tjarks
DOI:10.1080/15257770701845238
日期:2008.2.8
Nineteen lipophilic thymidine phosphate-mimicking compounds were designed and synthesized as potential inhibitors of thymidine monophosphate kinase of Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive bacterium that causes anthrax. These thymidine analogues were substituted at the 5'-postion with sulfonamide-, amide-, (thio)urea-, or triazole groups, which served as lipophilic surrogates for phosphate. Three of the tested compounds produced inhibition of B. anthracis Sterne growth and/or thymidine monophosphate activity. Additional studies will be necessary to elucidate the potential of this type of B. anthracis thymidine monophosphate inhibitors as novel antibiotics in the treatment Of anthrax.