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N-substituted aminomethanephosphonic and aminomethane-P-methylphosphinic acids as inhibitors of ureases.

ABSTRACT: Small unextended molecules based on the diamidophosphate structure with a covalent carbon-to-phosphorus bond to improve hydrolytic stability were developed as a novel group of inhibitors to control microbial urea decomposition. Applying a structure-based inhibitor design approach using available crystal structures of bacterial urease, N-substituted derivatives of aminomethylphosphonic and P-methyl-aminomethylphosphinic acids were designed and synthesized. In inhibition studies using urease from Bacillus pasteurii and Canavalia ensiformis, the N,N-dimethyl derivatives of both lead structures were most effective with dissociation constants in the low micromolar range (Ki=13±0.8 and 0.62±0.09 μM, respectively). Whole-cell studies on a ureolytic strain of Proteus mirabilis showed the high efficiency of N,N-dimethyl and N-methyl derivatives of aminomethane-P-methylphosphinic acids for urease inhibition in pathogenic bacteria. The high hydrolytic stability of selected inhibitors was confirmed over a period of 30 days using NMR technique.

SUBMITTER: Berlicki L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3325405 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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N-substituted aminomethanephosphonic and aminomethane-P-methylphosphinic acids as inhibitors of ureases.

Berlicki Lukasz L Bochno Marta M Grabowiecka Agnieszka A Białas Arkadiusz A Kosikowska Paulina P Kafarski Paweł P

Amino acids 20110511 5

Small unextended molecules based on the diamidophosphate structure with a covalent carbon-to-phosphorus bond to improve hydrolytic stability were developed as a novel group of inhibitors to control microbial urea decomposition. Applying a structure-based inhibitor design approach using available crystal structures of bacterial urease, N-substituted derivatives of aminomethylphosphonic and P-methyl-aminomethylphosphinic acids were designed and synthesized. In inhibition studies using urease from ...[more]

PMID: 21559954

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