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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2026

Structure-Guided Semisynthesis of Blasticidin S-Amicetin Chimeras as Selective Ribosome Inhibitors.

Cole Gannett, Kateland Tiller, Somaia Abdelmegeed, Micah Hoernig, Ahmed A Abouelkhair, Mohamed N Seleem, James Weger-Lucarelli, Anne M Brown, Andrew N Lowell

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Cole GannettDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Kateland TillerCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Somaia AbdelmegeedDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia Tech, VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Micah HoernigVirginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Ahmed A AbouelkhairCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9937-742X
Mohamed N SeleemCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-0939-0458
James Weger-LucarelliCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.
Anne M BrownCenter for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6951-8228
Andrew N LowellDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5357-5279

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peptidyl nucleosides are broad-acting inhibitors, but their dense functionality and complex reactivity have historically limited the modification of these scaffolds. Guided by structural overlays and molecular modeling, we designed blasticidin S-amicetin chimeras to exploit a bacterial-specific pocket of the ribosomal PTC while reducing eukaryotic ribosome engagement. To test this hypothesis, we developed a semisynthetic route enabling sequential C6' derivatization and C4 amine coupling on the blasticidin S scaffold, facilitated by counterion exchange to prevent side reactions. This approach furnished four C6' classes (acid, methyl ester, primary amide, phenethyl amide), each diversified at C4 with

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsPyrimidine NucleosidesRibosomesHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsModels, MolecularMolecular StructureNucleosidesStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Bacterial Agentsblasticidin SNucleosidesPyrimidine Nucleosides

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PMID41525473
PMCPMC12856912

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