Discovery of Selective and Potent Inhibitors of Gram-positive Bacterial Thymidylate Kinase (TMK): Compund 16Discovery of Selective and Potent Inhibitors of Gram-positive Bacterial Thymidylate Kinase (TMK): Compund 16

Structural highlights

4hej is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Staan. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Gene:SA0440, tmk (STAAN)
Activity:dTMP kinase, with EC number 2.7.4.9
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

[KTHY_STAAN] Phosphorylation of dTMP to form dTDP in both de novo and salvage pathways of dTTP synthesis.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00165]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Thymidylate kinase (TMK) is an essential enzyme in bacterial DNA synthesis. The deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP) substrate binding pocket was targeted in a rational-design, structure-supported effort yielding a unique series of antibacterial agents showing a novel, induced-fit binding mode. Lead optimization, aided by x-ray crystallography, led to picomolar inhibitors of both Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus TMK. MICs <1 ug/mL were achieved against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), S. pneumoniae, and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). Log D adjustments yielded single diastereomers 14 (TK-666) and 46, showing a broad antibacterial spectrum against Gram-positive bacteria and excellent selectivity against the human thymidylate kinase ortholog.

Discovery of Selective and Potent Inhibitors of Gram-positive Bacterial Thymidylate Kinase (TMK).,Martinez-Botella G, Breen JN, Duffy JE, Dumas J, Geng B, Gowers IK, Green OM, Guler S, Hentemann MF, Hernandez-Juan FA, Joseph-McCarthy D, Kawatkar SP, Larsen NA, Lazari O, Loch JT, Macritchie JA, McKenzie AR, Newman JV, Olivier NB, Otterson LG, Owens AP, Read J, Sheppard DW, Keating TA J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 8. PMID:23043329[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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References

  1. Martinez-Botella G, Breen JN, Duffy JE, Dumas J, Geng B, Gowers IK, Green OM, Guler S, Hentemann MF, Hernandez-Juan FA, Joseph-McCarthy D, Kawatkar SP, Larsen NA, Lazari O, Loch JT, Macritchie JA, McKenzie AR, Newman JV, Olivier NB, Otterson LG, Owens AP, Read J, Sheppard DW, Keating TA. Discovery of Selective and Potent Inhibitors of Gram-positive Bacterial Thymidylate Kinase (TMK). J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 8. PMID:23043329 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm3011806

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