Benzodioxane-Benzamides as FtsZ Inhibitors: Effects of Linker's Functionalization on Gram-Positive Antimicrobial Activity.

ABSTRACT: FtsZ is an essential bacterial protein abundantly studied as a novel and promising target for antimicrobials. FtsZ is highly conserved among bacteria and mycobacteria, and it is crucial for the correct outcome of the cell division process, as it is responsible for the division of the parent bacterial cell into two daughter cells. In recent years, the benzodioxane-benzamide class has emerged as very promising and capable of targeting both Gram-positive and Gram-negative FtsZs. In this study, we explored the effect of including a substituent on the ethylenic linker between the two main moieties on the antimicrobial activity and pharmacokinetic properties. This substitution, in turn, led to the generation of a second stereogenic center, with both erythro and threo isomers isolat

SUBMITTER: Suigo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10740499 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature