Novel compounds act as molecular inhibitors to target new enzymatic targets on bacteria and provide a new class of bactericidal compounds. The compounds provide for selective inhibition of Type I methionyl aminopeptidases (MetAPs) in bacteria. Because humans and other animals have both type-I and type-II MetAPs, which are functionally equivalent, the compounds are bactericidal but do not completely inhibit MetAP activity in humans and other animals. The compounds also have anti-microbial activity in microbes other than bacteria provided the targeted microbes have predominately type-I MetAP.
新型化合物作为分子
抑制剂,针对细菌的新酶靶点并提供一类新的细菌杀死化合物。这些化合物对细菌中的I型甲
硫氨肽酶(MetAPs)进行选择性抑制。由于人类和其他动物都具有I型和II型MetAPs,它们在功能上是等效的,因此这些化合物具有细菌杀死作用,但不会完全抑制人类和其他动物中的MetAP活性。这些化合物还具有针对除细菌以外的微
生物的抗微
生物活性,前提是目标微
生物主要具有I型MetAP。