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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2013

Structure-activity studies of divin: an inhibitor of bacterial cell division.

Maoquan Zhou, Ye-Jin Eun, Ilia A Guzei, Douglas B Weibel

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maoquan ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
Ye-Jin Eun
Ilia A Guzei
Douglas B Weibel
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Revisiting the bacterial cell wall as a target for new antibioticsDP2OD008735 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI WEIBEL, DOUGLAS BENJAMIN · 2011 to 2011
$2.3M
NIH HHS DP2 OD008735
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the synthesis and SAR studies of divin-a small molecule that blocks bacterial division by perturbing the assembly of proteins at the site of cell septation. The bacteriostatic mechanism of action of divin is distinct from other reported inhibitors of bacterial cell division and provides an opportunity for assessing the therapeutic value of a new class of antimicrobial agents. We demonstrate a convenient synthetic route to divin and its analogs, and describe compounds with a 10-fold increase in solubility and a 4-fold improvement in potency. Divin analogs produce a phenotype that is identical to divin, suggesting that their biological activity comes from a similar mechanism of action. Our studies indicate that the 2-hydroxynaphthalenyl hydrazide portion of divin is essential for its activity and that alterations and substitution to the benzimidazole ring can increase its potency. The SAR study provides a critical opportunity to isolate drug resistant mutants and synthesize photoaffinity probes to determine the cellular target and biomolecular mechanism of divin.

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antimicrobialdivinSARsynthesis

Identifiers

PMID24044050
PMCPMC3773082
OpenAlexW1979885067

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