Targeting the bacterial division protein FtsZ

KA Hurley, TMA Santos, GM Nepomuceno… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Similar to its eukaryotic counterpart, the prokaryotic cytoskeleton is essential for the
structural and mechanical properties of bacterial cells. The essential protein FtsZ is a central …

Cell division protein FtsZ: from structure and mechanism to antibiotic target

N Silber, CL Matos de Opitz, C Mayer… - Future microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance to virtually all clinically applied antibiotic classes severely limits the
available options to treat bacterial infections. Hence, there is an urgent need to develop and …

Recent advances in the discovery and development of antibacterial agents targeting the cell-division protein FtsZ

K Haranahalli, S Tong, I Ojima - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
With the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacterial strains, there is a dire need for new drug
targets for antibacterial drug discovery and development. Filamentous temperature sensitive …

Recent progress of bacterial FtsZ inhibitors with a focus on peptides

H Han, Z Wang, T Li, D Teng, R Mao, Y Hao… - The FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the rise of antibiotic resistance has become a primary health problem. With
the emergence of bacterial resistance, the need to explore and develop novel antibacterial …

Unpacking the Pathogen Box—an open source tool for fighting neglected tropical disease

CGL Veale - ChemMedChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Pathogen Box is a 400‐strong collection of drug‐like compounds, selected for
their potential against several of the world's most important neglected tropical diseases …

Benzimidazoquinazolines as new potent anti-TB chemotypes: Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation

PS Jadhavar, KI Patel, TM Dhameliya, N Saha… - Bioorganic …, 2020 - Elsevier
In search for new molecular entities as anti-TB agents, the benzimidazoquinazoline
polyheterocyclic scaffold has been designed adopting the scaffold hopping strategy. Thirty …

Thermal and Photoinduced Copper-Promoted C–Se Bond Formation: Synthesis of 2-Alkyl-1, 2-benzisoselenazol-3 (2 H)-ones and Evaluation against Mycobacterium …

S Thanna, CM Goins, SE Knudson… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
2-Alkyl-1, 2-benzisoselenazol-3 (2 H)-ones, represented by ebselen (1a), are being studied
intensively for a range of medicinal applications. We describe both a new thermal and …

Advances in the discovery of novel antimicrobials targeting the assembly of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ

X Li, S Ma - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Currently, wide-spread antimicrobials resistance among bacterial pathogens continues
being a dramatically increasing and serious threat to public health, and thus there is a …

Design, synthesis, and in vitro biological evaluation of novel benzimidazole tethered allylidenehydrazinylmethylthiazole derivatives as potent inhibitors of …

G Surineni, Y Gao, M Hussain, Z Liu, Z Lu… - …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Tuberculosis (TB) has become one of the most significant public health problems in recent
years. Antibiotic therapy remains the mainstay of TB control strategies, but the increasing …

Synthesis and evaluation of new 2-aminothiophenes against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Thanna, SE Knudson, A Grzegorzewicz… - Organic & …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Tuberculosis (TB) and its drug resistant forms kills more people than any other infectious
disease. This fact emphasizes the need to identify new drugs to treat TB. 2-Aminothiophenes …