A new class of antibacterials, the imidazopyrazinones, reveal structural transitions involved in DNA gyrase poisoning and mechanisms of resistance.
Germe, T., Voros, J., Jeannot, F., Taillier, T., Stavenger, R.A., Bacque, E., Maxwell, A., Bax, B.D.(2018) Nucleic Acids Res 46: 4114-4128
- PubMed: 29538767 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky181
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6FQM, 6FQS, 6FQV - PubMed Abstract: 
Imidazopyrazinones (IPYs) are a new class of compounds that target bacterial topoisomerases as a basis for their antibacterial activity. We have characterized the mechanism of these compounds through structural/mechanistic studies showing they bind and stabilize a cleavage complex between DNA gyrase and DNA ('poisoning') in an analogous fashion to fluoroquinolones, but without the requirement for the water-metal-ion bridge ...