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 …

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 …

Design, synthesis, and proof-of-concept of triple-site inhibitors against aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Z Cai, B Chen, Y Yu, J Guo, Z Luo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) are promising drug targets due to their essential roles
in protein translation. Although current inhibitors primarily occupy one or two of the three …

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 …

Spontaneous Selection of Cryptosporidium Drug Resistance in a Calf Model of Infection

MM Hasan, EE Stebbins, RKM Choy… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The intestinal protozoan Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of diarrheal disease and
mortality in young children. There is currently no fully effective treatment for …

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 …

Recent Developments in Medicinal and In Silico Applications of Imidazopyridine Derivatives: Special Emphasis on Malaria, Trypanosomiasis, and Tuberculosis

SN Mali, A Pandey - Chemistry Africa, 2022 - Springer
People from low-income countries are increasingly affected by neglected communicable
diseases, and the health care system frequently overlooks their needs. Currently, these …

Discovery of novel tRNA-amino acid dual-site inhibitors against threonyl-tRNA synthetase by fragment-based target hopping

J Guo, B Chen, Y Yu, B Cheng, Y Cheng, Y Ju… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Threonyl-tRNA synthetase (ThrRS) is a key member of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase
(aaRS) family that plays essential roles in protein biosynthesis, and ThrRS inhibitors have …

Synthesis of some new 2-(substituted-phenyl)imidazo[4,5-c] and [4,5-b]pyridine derivatives and their antimicrobial activities

M Altaib, F Doganc, B Kaşkatepe, H Göker - Molecular Diversity, 2023 - Springer
The synthesis of 5 H-imidazo [4, 5-c] pyridines analogues (1a− 1h) and 4 H-imidazo [4, 5-b]
pyridines (3a− 3c) was achieved by reacting 3, 4-diaminopyridine or 2, 3-diaminopyridine …