Potent Inhibitors of Plasmodial Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) Featuring a Spirocyclic Scaffold
Schwertz, G., Witschel, M.C., Rottmann, M., Leartsakulpanich, U., Chitnumsub, P., Jaruwat, A., Amornwatcharapong, W., Ittarat, W., Schafer, A., Aponte, R.A., Trapp, N., Chaiyen, P., Diederich, F.(2018) ChemMedChem 13: 931-943
- PubMed: 29655285 
- DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800053
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5YFZ, 5YG2, 5YG3, 5YG4 - PubMed Abstract: 
With the discovery that serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) is a druggable target for antimalarials, the aim of this study was to design novel inhibitors of this key enzyme in the folate biosynthesis cycle. Herein, 19 novel spirocyclic ligands based on either 2-indolinone or dihydroindene scaffolds and featuring a pyrazolopyran core are reported ...