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ArticleJournal of chemical biology2016

Synthesis, antibacterial studies, and molecular modeling studies of 3,4-dihydropyrimidinone compounds.

Vanitha Ramachandran, Karthiga Arumugasamy, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Naushad Edayadulla, Penugonda Ramesh, Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj

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Article in Journal of chemical biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Vanitha RamachandranDepartment of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 Tamil Nadu India.
Karthiga ArumugasamyDepartment of Zoology, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, 625009 Tamil Nadu India.
Sanjeev Kumar SinghComputer Aided Drug Designing and Molecular Modeling Laboratory, Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630 003 Tamil Nadu India.
Naushad EdayadullaSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, 712-749 Republic of Korea.
Penugonda RameshDepartment of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625021 Tamil Nadu India.
Sathish-Kumar KamarajIngeniería en Energía, Universidad Politécnica de Aguascalientes, Calle Paseo San Gerardo No. 207. Fracc. San Gerardo, Aguascalientes, AGS Mexico 20342.
Madurai Kamaraj University · INAlagappa University · INPolytechnic University of Puerto Rico · PRYeungnam University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The syntheses of dihydropyrimidinones (DHPMs) using solvent-free grindstone chemistry method. All the synthesized compounds exhibited significant activity against pathogenic bacteria. The current effort has been developed to obtain new DHPM derivatives that focus on the bacterial ribosomal A site RNA as a drug target. Molecular docking simulation analysis was applied to confirm the target specificity of DHPMs. The crystal structure of bacterial 16S rRNA and human 40S rRNA was taken as receptors for docking. Finally, the docking score, binding site interaction analysis revealed that DHPMs exhibit more specificity towards 16S rRNA than known antibiotic amikacin. Accordingly, targeting the bacterial ribosomal A site RNA with potential drug leads promises to overcome the bacterial drug resistance. Even though, anti-neoplastic activities of DHPMs were also predicted through prediction of activity spectra for substances (PASS) tool. Further, the results establish that the DHPMs can serve as perfect leads against bacterial drug resistance.

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BioactivityGrindstone chemistryMolecular modelingRibosomal RNA

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PMID26855679
PMCPMC4733073
OpenAlexW744383337

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