1. Identification of Trypanosoma brucei leucyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors by pharmacophore- and docking-based virtual screening and synthesis
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Zhao, Yaxue, Wang, Qing, Meng, Qingqing, Ding, Dazhong, Yang, Huaiyu, Gao, Guangwei, Li, Dawei, Zhu, Weiliang, and Zhou, Huchen
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TRYPANOSOMA brucei , *LEUCYL-tRNA synthetase , *ENZYME inhibitors , *TARGETED drug delivery , *STRUCTURE-activity relationships , *MOLECULAR models , *ORGANIC synthesis , *ANTIFUNGAL agents , *AFRICAN trypanosomiasis , *VIRTUAL reality in medicine , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
Abstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, is a neglected fatal disease. Leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS), which has been successfully applied in the development of antifungal agent, represents a potential antiprotozoal drug target. In this study, a 3D model of T. brucei LeuRS (TbLeuRS) synthetic active site was constructed and subjected to virtual screening using a combination of pharmacophore- and docking-based methods. A new 2-pyrrolinone scaffold was discovered and the structure–activity relationship (SAR) studies aided by the docking model and organic synthesis were carried out. Compounds with various substituents on R1, R2 and R3 were synthesized and their SAR was discussed. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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