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© the Partner Organisations 2019. Diverse rigidified shikimic acids derivatives, which are stable mimetics of the high-energy conformation of shikimic acid, have been synthesized to enhance inhibitor efficacy against shikimate kinase enzyme (SK), an attractive target for antibiotic drug discovery. The synthesis of the reported conformationally restricted shikimic acid derivatives was carried out by ring-closing metathesis of allyloxy vinyl derivatives as the key step. The rigidification of the ligand conformation was used to maximize the effectiveness of the substituents introduced in the ether carbon bridge of the scaffold by pre-orienting their interaction with key residues and enzyme domains that are essential for catalysis and enzyme motion. Molecular Dynamics simulation studies on the enzyme/ligand complexes revealed marked differences in the positioning of the ligand substituent in the active site of the two enzymes studied (SK from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Helicobacter pylori) and this explains their greater efficacy against one of the enzymes. This enhancement is due to the distinct induced-fit motion of the two homologous enzymes. A 20-fold improvement against the H. pylori enzyme was achieved by the introduction of a CH2OEt group in the rigid ether bridge of the reported shikimic acid analogs.
Author(s): Pernas M, Blanco B, Lence E, Thompson P, Hawkins AR, Gonzalez-Bello C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Organic Chemistry Frontiers
Year: 2019
Volume: 6
Issue: 14
Pages: 2514-2528
Online publication date: 04/06/2019
Acceptance date: 03/06/2019
ISSN (print): 2052-4110
ISSN (electronic): 2052-4129
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
URL: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qo00562e
DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00562e
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