1. Virtual screening to identify lead inhibitors for bacterial NAD synthetase (NADs)
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Moro, Whitney Beysselance, Yang, Zhengrong, Kane, Tasha A., Brouillette, Christie G., and Brouillette, Wayne J.
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ENZYME inhibitors , *VIRTUAL reality in medicine , *NAD (Coenzyme) , *LIGASES , *ANTIBACTERIAL agents , *BINDING sites , *STRUCTURE-activity relationships - Abstract
Abstract: Virtual screening was employed to identify new drug-like inhibitors of NAD synthetase (NADs) as antibacterial agents. Four databases of commercially available compounds were docked against three subsites of the NADs active site using FlexX in conjunction with CScore. Over 200 commercial compounds were purchased and evaluated in enzyme inhibition and antibacterial assays. 18 compounds inhibited NADs at or below 100μM (7.6% hit rate), and two were selected for future SAR studies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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