Structural perspective of peptidoglycan biosynthesis and assembly

AL Lovering, SS Safadi… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway is a critical process in the bacterial cell and is
exploited as a target for the design of antibiotics. This pathway culminates in the production …

Catalytic asymmetric construction of spiropyrrolidines via 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

X Fang, CJ Wang - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Spirocyclic pyrrolidines are structural motifs frequently found in a wide variety of natural
products, pharmaceuticals and biologically significant compounds. In the past few years …

Rhodanine as a scaffold in drug discovery: a critical review of its biological activities and mechanisms of target modulation

T Tomašić, L Peterlin Mašič - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Rhodanine-based compounds have been associated with numerous biological
activities. After many years of research in drug discovery, they have gained a reputation as …

A comprehensive survey of small-molecule binding pockets in proteins

M Gao, J Skolnick - PLoS computational biology, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many biological activities originate from interactions between small-molecule ligands and
their protein targets. A detailed structural and physico-chemical characterization of these …

Inhibitors of the peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzymes MurA-F

M Hrast, I Sosič, R Šink, S Gobec - Bioorganic chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The widespread emergence of resistant bacterial strains is becoming a serious threat to
public health. This thus signifies the need for the development of new antibacterial agents …

Novel tetrazoloquinoline–rhodanine conjugates: highly efficient synthesis and biological evaluation

DD Subhedar, MH Shaikh, L Nawale, A Yeware… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2016 - Elsevier
In search of new active molecules against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) H37Ra and
Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a small focused library of rhodanine incorporated …

Exploring the ability of dihydropyrimidine-5-carboxamide and 5-benzyl-2, 4-diaminopyrimidine-based analogues for the selective inhibition of L. major Dihydrofolate …

M Bibi, NA Qureshi, A Sadiq, U Farooq… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
To tackle leishmaniasis, search for efficient therapeutic drug targets should be pursued.
Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is considered as a key target for the treatment of …

Quinolidene-rhodanine conjugates: Facile synthesis and biological evaluation

DD Subhedar, MH Shaikh, BB Shingate… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A series of rhodanine incorporated quinoline derivatives were efficiently synthesized using
reusable DBU acetate as ionic liquid and evaluated for their in vitro antitubercular activity …

Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance—Mur Ligases as an Antibacterial Target

V Hervin, V Roy, LA Agrofoglio - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The emergence of Multidrug Resistance (MDR) strains of bacteria has accelerated the
search for new antibacterials. The specific bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway …

Asymmetric construction of spirocyclic pyrrolidine-thia (oxa) zolidinediones via N, O-ligand/Cu (I) catalyzed 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with 5 …

WL Yang, FF Tang, FS He, CY Li, X Yu, WP Deng - Organic letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
A highly efficient asymmetric 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides to 5-alkylidene
thia (oxa) zolidine-2, 4-diones catalyzed by a chiral N, O-ligand/Cu (CH3CN) 4BF4 system is …