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SUBMITTER: Chorell E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2963145 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20100801 15
Pilicides block pili formation by binding to pilus chaperones and blocking their function in the chaperone/usher pathway in E. coli. Various C-2 substituents were introduced on the pilicide scaffold by design and synthetic method developments. Experimental evaluation showed that proper substitution of this position affected the biological activity of the compound. Aryl substituents resulted in pilicides with significantly increased potencies as measured in pili-dependent biofilm and hemagglutina ...[more]