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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
The purine metabolism of Trypanosoma and Leishmania spp. provides a good target in the search for new selective drugs. Bicyclic N-arylmethyl-substituted iminoribitols were developed as inhibitors of T. vivax nucleoside hydrolase, a key enzyme of the purine salvage pathway. The obtained results and structure-activity data confirmed our model for inhibitor binding with a hydrogen bond between a nitrogen atom of the nucleobase mimetic and the protonated Asp40 from the enzyme. This interaction depends on an optimal pK(a) value, which can be influenced by the electronic properties of the substituents. These compounds are potent, selective inhibitors of nucleoside hydrolase and are inactive toward human nucleoside phosphorylase.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1860-7187
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis of bicyclic N-arylmethyl-substituted iminoribitol derivatives as selective nucleoside hydrolase inhibitors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't