Transition State Analogues Enhanced by Fragment-Based Structural Analysis: Bacterial Methylthioadenosine Nucleosidases.

ABSTRACT: Transition state analogue inhibitor design (TSID) and fragment-based drug design (FBDD) are drug design approaches typically used independently. Methylthio-DADMe-Immucillin-A (MTDIA) is a tight-binding transition state analogue of bacterial 5'-methylthioadenosine nucleosidases (MTANs). Previously, Salmonella enterica MTAN structures were found to bind MTDIA and ethylene glycol fragments, but MTDIA modified to contain similar fragments did not enhance affinity. Seventy-five published MTAN structures were analyzed, and co-crystallization fragments were found that might enhance the binding of MTDIA to other bacterial MTANs through contacts external to MTDIA binding. The fragment-modified MTDIAs were tested with Helicobacter pylori MTAN and Staphylococcus aureus MTANs (HpMTAN and

SUBMITTER: Zhang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644263 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature