Synthesis and biological evaluation of new nanomolar competitive inhibitors of Helicobacter pylori type II dehydroquinase. Structural details of the role of the aromatic moieties with essential residues.
Prazeres, V.F., Tizon, L., Otero, J.M., Guardado-Calvo, P., Llamas-Saiz, A.L., van Raaij, M.J., Castedo, L., Lamb, H., Hawkins, A.R., Gonzalez-Bello, C.(2010) J Med Chem 53: 191-200
- PubMed: 19911771 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm9010466
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2WKS - PubMed Abstract: 
The shikimic acid pathway is essential to many pathogens but absent in mammals. Enzymes in its pathway are therefore appropriate targets for the development of novel antibiotics. Dehydroquinase is the third enzyme of the pathway, catalyzing the reversibl ...