Roles of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in immune regulation and immune diseases

A Nie, B Sun, Z Fu, D Yu - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) play a vital role in protein synthesis by linking amino
acids to their cognate transfer RNAs (tRNAs). This typical function has been well recognized …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as valuable targets for antimicrobial drug discovery

L Pang, SD Weeks, A Van Aerschot - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) catalyze the esterification of tRNA with a cognate
amino acid and are essential enzymes in all three kingdoms of life. Due to their important …

Pharmacological Potential and Synthetic Approaches of Imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and Imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine Derivatives

M Krause, H Foks, K Gobis - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The structural resemblance between the fused imidazopyridine heterocyclic ring system and
purines has prompted biological investigations to assess their potential therapeutic …

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases: implications of structural biology in drug development against trypanosomatid parasites

F Nasim, IA Qureshi - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ensemble of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases is regarded as a key component of the
protein translation machinery. With the progressive increase in structure-based studies on …

Recent development of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors for human diseases: a future perspective

SH Kim, S Bae, M Song - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes that ligate amino acids to
tRNAs and translate the genetic code during protein synthesis. Their function in pathogen …

Optimization of Methionyl tRNA-Synthetase Inhibitors for Treatment of Cryptosporidium Infection

FS Buckner, RM Ranade, JR Gillespie… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptosporidiosis is one of the leading causes of moderate to severe diarrhea in children in
low-resource settings. The therapeutic options for cryptosporidiosis are limited to one drug …

Can combined electrostatic and polarization effects alone explain the F··· F negative-negative bonding in simple fluoro-substituted benzene derivatives? A first …

PR Varadwaj, A Varadwaj, HM Marques, K Yamashita - Computation, 2018 - mdpi.com
The divergence of fluorine-based systems and significance of their nascent non-covalent
chemistry in molecular assemblies are presented in a brief review of the field. Emphasis has …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of O4′-benzyl-hispidol derivatives and analogs as dual monoamine oxidase-B inhibitors and anti-neuroinflammatory agents

AHE Hassan, Y Choi, R Kim, HJ Kim… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of two series of O 4′-benzyl-hispidol
derivatives and the analogous corresponding O 3′-benzyl derivatives aiming to develop …

Development of methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors as antibiotics for Gram-positive bacterial infections

O Faghih, Z Zhang, RM Ranade… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are widespread and pose a growing threat to human health.
New antibiotics acting by novel mechanisms of action are needed to address this challenge …

Synthesis and antioxidant activity of some new N-alkylated pyrazole-containing benzimidazoles

M Bellam, M Gundluru, S Sarva, S Chadive… - Chemistry of …, 2017 - Springer
A series of new N-substituted pyrazole-containing benzimidazoles was synthesized starting
from 1, 2-diaminobenzene and pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde in good yield. Antioxidant activity of …