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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2017

Crystal Structure of the New Investigational Drug Candidate VT-1598 in Complex with Aspergillus fumigatus Sterol 14α-Demethylase Provides Insights into Its Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Activity.

Tatiana Y Hargrove, Edward P Garvey, William J Hoekstra, Christopher M Yates, Zdzislaw Wawrzak, Girish Rachakonda, Fernando Villalta, Galina I Lepesheva

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tatiana Y HargroveDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Edward P GarveyViamet Pharmaceuticals, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
William J HoekstraViamet Pharmaceuticals, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Christopher M YatesViamet Pharmaceuticals, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Zdzislaw WawrzakSynchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois, USA.
Girish RachakondaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Fernando VillaltaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Galina I LepeshevaDepartment of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA galina.i.lepesheva@vanderbilt.edu.
Viamet Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USMeharry Medical College · USVanderbilt University · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Meharry RCMI Program in Women's Health ResearchG12MD007586 · NIMHD · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI HILDRETH, JAMES E · 2012 to 2016
$7.8M
Structural Requirements for Sterol 14alpha-DemethylasesR01GM067871 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI LEPESHEVA, GALINA I · 2004 to 2023
$7.2M
Research Training in Cardivascular Biology at MeharryT32HL007737 · NHLBI · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MARTIN, PAMELA M · 1993 to 2025
$4.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007737NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067871NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within the past few decades, the incidence and complexity of human fungal infections have increased, and therefore, the need for safer and more efficient, broad-spectrum antifungal agents is high. In the study described here, we characterized the new tetrazole-based drug candidate VT-1598 as an inhibitor of sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51B) from the filamentous fungus

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsAspergillus fumigatusCandida albicansDrugs, InvestigationalFluconazoleKetoconazoleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPyridinesSterol 14-DemethylaseTetrazolesTriazolesVoriconazoleAntifungal AgentsDrugs, InvestigationalFluconazoleKetoconazoleposaconazolePyridinesSterol 14-DemethylaseTetrazolesTriazolesVoriconazoleVT-1161Aspergillus fumigatusfungal infectionsinhibitionsterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51)VT-1598X-ray structure

Identifiers

PMID28461309
PMCPMC5487673
OpenAlexW2610593277

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