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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2019

Structure-Guided Drug Design of 6-Substituted Adenosine Analogues as Potent Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Adenosine Kinase.

Roberto A Crespo, Qun Dang, Nian E Zhou, Liam M Guthrie, Thomas C Snavely, Wen Dong, Kimberly A Loesch, Takao Suzuki, Lanying You, Wei Wang and 4 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto A CrespoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.
Qun DangMerck Sharp Dohme Corporation , West Point Pennsylvania 19486 , United States.
Nian E ZhouDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.
Liam M GuthrieCollege of Medicine , Texas A&M University Health Science Center , Bryan , Texas 77807 , United States.
Thomas C SnavelyDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.
Wen DongDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.
Kimberly A LoeschDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.
Takao SuzukiWuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China.
Lanying YouWuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China.
Wei WangWuXi AppTec , 288 Fute Zhong Road , Shanghai 200131 , China.
Theresa O'MalleyTB Discovery Research , Infectious Disease Research Institute , 1616 Eastlake Avenue E , Seattle , Washington 98102 , United States.
Tanya ParishTB Discovery Research , Infectious Disease Research Institute , 1616 Eastlake Avenue E , Seattle , Washington 98102 , United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7507-0423
David B OlsenMerck Sharp Dohme Corporation , West Point Pennsylvania 19486 , United States.
James C SacchettiniDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5767-2367
Texas A&M University · USWuXi AppTec (China) · CNInfectious Disease Research Institute · USUnited States Military Academy · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

Vulnerabilities in Mycobacterial Cell-Wall BiogenesisP01AI095208 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI ZHANG, JUNJIE · 2012 to 2022
$19.8M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI095208
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis adenosine kinase (MtbAdoK) is an essential enzyme of Mtb and forms part of the purine salvage pathway within mycobacteria. Evidence suggests that the purine salvage pathway might play a crucial role in Mtb survival and persistence during its latent phase of infection. In these studies, we adopted a structural approach to the discovery, structure-guided design, and synthesis of a series of adenosine analogues that displayed inhibition constants ranging from 5 to 120 nM against the enzyme. Two of these compounds exhibited low micromolar activity against Mtb with half maximal effective inhibitory concentrations of 1.7 and 4.0 μM. Our selectivity and preliminary pharmacokinetic studies showed that the compounds possess a higher degree of specificity against MtbAdoK when compared with the human counterpart and are well tolerated in rodents, respectively. Finally, crystallographic studies showed the molecular basis of inhibition, potency, and selectivity and revealed the presence of a potentially therapeutically relevant cavity unique to the MtbAdoK homodimer.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAdenosineAdenosine KinaseAnimalsAntitubercular AgentsCatalytic DomainFemaleMiceMolecular StructureMycobacterium tuberculosisProtein BindingProtein Kinase InhibitorsStructure-Activity RelationshipAdenosineAdenosine KinaseAntitubercular AgentsProtein Kinase Inhibitors

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PMID31002508
PMCPMC6511943
OpenAlexW2936051846

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