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SUBMITTER: Vannada J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596716 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vannada Jagadeshwar J Bennett Eric M EM Wilson Daniel J DJ Boshoff Helena I HI Barry Clifton E CE Aldrich Courtney C CC
Organic letters 20061001 21
[reaction: see text] The antitubercular nucleoside antibiotics 1 and 2 were recently described that inhibit the adenylate-forming enzyme MbtA and disrupt biosynthesis of the virulence-conferring siderophore known as mycobactin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Herein, we report efforts to refine this inhibitor scaffold by replacing the labile acylsulfamate linkage (highlighted) with the more chemically robust beta-ketosulfonamide linkage of 3 and 4. ...[more]