Design, Synthesis and Microbiological Evaluation of Novel Compounds as Potential Staphylococcus aureus Phenylalanine tRNA Synthetase Inhibitors | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 28, Volume 61, Conference issue (14th Ibn Sina Arab Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry and its Applications (ISACHC 2018), 30 March-2 April 2018, Hurgada, Egypt)., November and December 2018, Page 9-25 PDF (1.29 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2018.4070.1357 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Samar S. Elbaramawi* 1, 2; Casey Hughes3; Jennifer Richards4; Arya Gupta5; Samy M. Ibrahim2; El-Sayed M. Lashine2; Mohamed E. El-Sadek2; Alex J. O’Neill5; Mandy Wootton4; James M. Bullard3; Claire Simons1 | ||||
1School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK | ||||
2Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig P.C. 44519, Egypt | ||||
3Department of Chemistry, University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78541, USA | ||||
4Specialist Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK | ||||
5School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Garstang Building, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK | ||||
Abstract | ||||
As the resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to antibiotics represents a major threat to global health, anti-infectives with novel mechanisms must be developed. Novel compounds were generated as potential phenylalanine tRNA synthetase (PheRS) inhibitors based on the published homology model of S. aureus PheRS to aid the design process using Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) software. PheRS was selected as it is structurally unique enzyme among the aminoacyl-tRNA syntheases (aaRS), it is considerably different from human cytosolic and human mitochondrial aaRS and it is essential and conserved across bacterial species. The designed compounds were synthesized according to different clear schemes. The compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS and/or microanalysis, and they were microbiologically evaluated. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Staphylococcus aureus; Phenylalanine tRNA synthetase; Drug design; Benzimidazole; Indole; Adenine | ||||
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