Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40087844›Full record

ArticlePest management science2025

Aminoisothiazolamides, a new class of potent inhibitors of lysyl-tRNA synthetase.

David Bernier, David M Barber, Guido Bojack, Birgit Bollenbach-Wahl, Luke Churchman, Uwe Döller, Tyler Fahrenhorst-Jones, Jörg Freigang, Elmar Gatzweiler, Claudia Hartfiel and 17 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Pest management science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

David BernierResearch & Development, Disease Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer SAS, Lyon, France.
David M BarberResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9906-1695
Guido BojackResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Birgit Bollenbach-WahlResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Luke ChurchmanResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Uwe DöllerResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Tyler Fahrenhorst-JonesResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jörg FreigangResearch & Development, Hit Discovery - Structural Biology, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Monheim, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7120-3372
Elmar GatzweilerResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Claudia HartfielResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Caroline HilmiEarly Toxicology, Division Crop Science, Bayer SAS, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Yoann HuetResearch & Development, Disease Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer SAS, Lyon, France.
Bernd LaberResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2955-0746
Gudrun LangeResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Stephanie LeeResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Virginie LempereurResearch & Development, Disease Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer SAS, Lyon, France.
Marc MosrinResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Thomas MüllerResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
China M PayneResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7031-8397
Olaf PetersResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Luka PosaResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Shaun ReesResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Anna M ReingruberResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jullien ReyResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Jörg TiebesResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Karen TilmantEarly Toxicology, Division Crop Science, Bayer SAS, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Jens FrackenpohlResearch & Development, Weed Control, Division Crop Science, Bayer AG, Industriepark Höchst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-0290

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOwing to the economic relevance of resistance evolution against herbicides, new chemical entities addressing unprecedented molecular targets are urgently needed to develop future sustainable weed control solutions. As part of our discovery research, the new class of aminoisothiazolamides was investigated.

resultsAminoisothiazolamide 3-amino-4-chloro-N-(cyclohexylmethyl)isothiazole-5-carboxamide 1a and several of its derivatives displayed potent herbicidal and fungicidal in vivo activity in initial glasshouse tests. Lysyl-tRNA synthetase 1 (KRS1) was identified as the putative target for 1a and was validated as a key contributor to the biochemical mode-of-action of aminoisothiazolamides. Thermal stability shift analysis with KRS1 from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtKRS1) revealed that 1a specifically increased the thermostability of this enzyme, proving the KRS1 enzyme as the aminoisothiazolamide target. It turned out that the inhibition of AtKRS1 and HsKRS was strongly correlated, as was the inhibition of AtKRS1 and the herbicidal activity of the aminoisothiazolamides. Hence, in vivo acute toxicity tests were initiated at a very early project stage complementing the enzyme tests.

conclusionThe observed toxicological effects paired with the anticipated likelihood to overcome this problem, owing to the highly conserved active sites in different species, finally resulted in the conclusion to stop the further exploration of the otherwise promising class of herbicidal aminoisothiazolamides. Thus, we opted to discard several further herbicidal lead structures before the start of in-depth investigations when sequence analyses suggested similar levels of conservation between the respective binding pockets in plants and mammalians. © 2025 The Author(s). Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

Indexed as

Enzyme InhibitorsFungicides, IndustrialHerbicidesLysine-tRNA LigaseThiazolesAnimalsArabidopsisEnzyme InhibitorsFungicides, IndustrialHerbicidesLysine-tRNA LigaseThiazolesaminoisothiazolamidecarboxamideherbicideisothiazolelysyl‐tRNA synthetasenew mode‐of‐actionresistance management

Identifiers

PMID40087844
PMCPMC12159408

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.