Identification of the binding modes of N-phenylphthalimides inhibiting bacterial thymidylate synthase through X-ray crystallography screening
Mangani, S., Cancian, L., Leone, R., Pozzi, C., Lazzari, S., Luciani, R., Ferrari, S., Costi, M.P.(2011) J Med Chem 54: 5454-5467
- PubMed: 21696158 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm2005018
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3BNZ, 3C06, 3C0A, 3BYX, 3BZ0, 3IK0, 3IK1, 3IJZ - PubMed Abstract: 
To identify specific bacterial thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitors, we exploited phenolphthalein (PTH), which inhibits both bacterial and human enzymes. The X-ray crystal structure of Lactobacillus casei TS (LcTS) that binds PTH showed multiple binding modes of the inhibitor, which prevented a classical structure-based drug design approach ...