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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters2019

Novel allosteric covalent inhibitors of bifunctional Cryptosporidium hominis TS-DHFR from parasitic protozoa identified by virtual screening.

Victor Ruiz, Daniel J Czyzyk, Margarita Valhondo, William L Jorgensen, Karen S Anderson

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victor RuizDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Daniel J CzyzykDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Margarita ValhondoDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, PO Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.
William L JorgensenDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, PO Box 208107, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA. Electronic address: william.jorgensen@yale.edu.
Karen S AndersonDepartment of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA; Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: karen.anderson@yale.edu.
Yale University · US

Funding

Translational CoreP01DK057751 · NIDDK · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI NATHANSON, MICHAEL H · 2001 to 2020
$25.6M
INSTITUTIONAL NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARDT32GM007324 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BENNETT, ANTON M · 1987 to 2022
$6.2M
Exploring Novel Targeting Strategies for AIDS Protozoal PathogensR01AI083146 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDERSON, KAREN S. · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
Training in Parasitology and Vector BiologyT32AI007404 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TSCHUDI, CHRISTIAN · 1991 to 2017
$3.8M
Exploring Novel Targeting Strategies for AIDS Protozoal PathogensR56AI083146 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ANDERSON, KAREN S. · 2009 to 2009
$414k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083146NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI083146NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007404NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK057751NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007324
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protozoans of the genus Cryptosporidium are the causative agent of the gastrointestinal disease, cryptosporidiosis, which can be fatal in immunocompromised individuals. Cryptosporidium hominis (C. hominis) bifunctional thymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductase (TS-DHFR) is an essential enzyme in the folate biosynthesis pathway and a molecular target for inhibitor design. Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of the ChTS-DHFR linker region "crossover helix" to the enzymatic activity and stability of the ChDHFR domain. We conducted a virtual screen of a novel non-active site pocket located at the interface of the ChDHFR domain and crossover helix. From this screen we have identified and characterized a noncompetitive inhibitor, compound 15, a substituted diphenyl thiourea. Through subsequent structure activity relationship studies, we have identified a time-dependent inhibitor lead, compound 15D17, a thiol-substituted 2-hydroxy-N-phenylbenzamide, which is selective for ChTS-DHFR, and whose effects appear to be mediated by covalent bond formation with a non-catalytic cysteine residue adjacent to the non-active site pocket.

Indexed as

Allosteric RegulationBenzamidesCryptosporidiumDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug DesignDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalEnzyme InhibitorsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular StructureMultienzyme ComplexesStructure-Activity RelationshipTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseThioureaThymidylate SynthasebenzamideBenzamidesEnzyme InhibitorsMultienzyme ComplexesTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseThioureaThymidylate Synthasethymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductaseAllostericCryptosporidium hominisDHFRGlideNon-active siteVirtual screen

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