Halogenation of Biotin Protein Ligase Inhibitors Improves Whole Cell Activity against Staphylococcus aureus.
Paparella, A.S., Lee, K.J., Hayes, A.J., Feng, J., Feng, Z., Cini, D., Deshmukh, S., Booker, G.W., Wilce, M.C.J., Polyak, S.W., Abell, A.D.(2018) ACS Infect Dis 4: 175-184
- PubMed: 29131575 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00134
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6APW, 6AQQ, 8ENI - PubMed Abstract: 
We report the synthesis and evaluation of 5-halogenated-1,2,3-triazoles as inhibitors of biotin protein ligase from Staphylococcus aureus. The halogenated compounds exhibit significantly improved antibacterial activity over their nonhalogenated counterparts. Importantly, the 5-fluoro-1,2,3-triazole compound 4c displays antibacterial activity against S. aureus ATCC49775 with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 8 μg/mL.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Adelaide , North Tce, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.