Download MendeleyStructure-Based Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Non-Acyl Sulfamate Inhibitors of the Adenylate-Forming Enzyme MenE.
Evans, C.E., Si, Y., Matarlo, J.S., Yin, Y., French, J.B., Tonge, P.J., Tan, D.S.(2019) Biochemistry 58: 1918-1930
- PubMed: 30912442
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00003
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6NJ0 - PubMed Abstract:
N-Acyl sulfamoyladenosines (acyl-AMS) have been used extensively to inhibit adenylate-forming enzymes that are involved in a wide range of biological processes. These acyl-AMS inhibitors are nonhydrolyzable mimics of the cognate acyl adenylate intermediates that are bound tightly by adenylate-forming enzymes. However, the anionic acyl sulfamate moiety presents a pharmacological liability that may be detrimental to cell permeability and pharmacokinetic profiles. We have previously developed the acyl sulfamate OSB-AMS (1) as a potent inhibitor of the adenylate-forming enzyme MenE, an o-succinylbenzoate-CoA (OSB-CoA) synthetase that is required for bacterial menaquinone biosynthesis. Herein, we report the use of computational docking to develop novel, non-acyl sulfamate inhibitors of MenE. A m-phenyl ether-linked analogue (5) was found to be the most potent inhibitor (IC 50 = 8 μM; K d = 244 nM), and its X-ray co-crystal structure was determined to characterize its binding mode in comparison to the computational prediction. This work provides a framework for the development of potent non-acyl sulfamate inhibitors of other adenylate-forming enzymes in the future.
