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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Herein we describe the application of fragment-based drug design to bacterial DNA ligase. X-ray crystallography was used to guide structure-based optimization of a fragment-screening hit to give novel, nanomolar, AMP-competitive inhibitors. The lead compound 13 showed antibacterial activity across a range of pathogens. Data to demonstrate mode of action was provided using a strain of S. aureus, engineered to overexpress DNA ligase.

Fragment-based discovery of 6-azaindazoles as inhibitors of bacterial DNA ligase.,Howard S, Amin N, Benowitz AB, Chiarparin E, Cui H, Deng X, Heightman TD, Holmes DJ, Hopkins A, Huang J, Jin Q, Kreatsoulas C, Martin AC, Massey F, McCloskey L, Mortenson PN, Pathuri P, Tisi D, Williams PA ACS Med Chem Lett. 2013 Oct 18;4(12):1208-12. doi: 10.1021/ml4003277. eCollection, 2013 Dec 12. PMID:24900632^[1]

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