Design and synthesis of 6-(6-D-ribitylamino-2,4-dihydroxypyrimidin-5-yl)-1-hexylphosphonic acid, a potent inhibitor of lumazine synthase
摘要:
A novel inhibitor of lumazine synthase, the penulrimate enzyme in the biosynthesis of riboflavin, has been synthesized. The inhibitor was designed by computer graphics molecular modeling using a hypothetical structure of the enzyme-inhibitor complex. The new compound is relatively potent when compared with the known inhibitors, and displays a K-I of 109 mu M. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Homologous Phosphonic Acids and Sulfonic Acids as Inhibitors of Lumazine Synthase
摘要:
Three phosphonic acid inhibitors of lumazine synthase were synthesized in which the phosphorus atom was separated from the pyrimidinedione ring by polymethylene linker chains containing four, five, and six carbon atoms. Three analogous sulfonic acids were also synthesized. The inhibitors were designed as metabolically stable analogues of a hypothetical intermediate in the reaction catalyzed by lumazine synthase, and the design process was supported by the results of computer graphics molecular modeling of the inhibitors within the active site of the enzyme. The most potent of the new inhibitors, 6-(6-D-ribitylamino-2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine-5-yl)-1-hexylphosphonic acid, inhibited recombinant lumazine synthase beta(60) capsids of Bacillus subtilis with a K-i of 130 mu M, making it the most potent inhibitor of lumazine synthase reported to date.