作者:Jonathan A. Rose、Sushmita D. Lahiri、David C. McKinney、Rob Albert、Marshall L. Morningstar、Adam B. Shapiro、Stewart L. Fisher、Paul R. Fleming
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.05.061
日期:2015.8
With increasing emergence of multi-drug resistant infections, there is a dire need for new classes of compounds that act through unique mechanisms. In this work, we describe the discovery and optimization of a novel series of inhibitors of bacterial methionine aminopeptidase (MAP). Through a high-throughput screening campaign, one azepinone amide hit was found that resembled the native peptide substrate and possessed moderate biochemical potency against three bacterial isozymes. X-ray crystallography was used in combination with substrate-based design to direct the rational optimization of analogs with sub-micromolar potency. The novel compounds presented here represent potent broad-spectrum biochemical inhibitors of bacterial MAP and have the potential to lead to the development of new medicines to combat serious multi-drug resistant infections. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.