Nitrogen metabolism in mycobacteria: the key genes and targeted antimicrobials

Y Xu, S Ma, Z Huang, L Wang, SHA Raza… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nitrogen metabolism is an important physiological process that affects the survival and
virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis's utilization of nitrogen in the …

Targeting amino acid metabolism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for developing inhibitors to curtail its survival

SD Yelamanchi, A Surolia - IUBMB life, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis caused by the bacterium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), continues to
remain one of the most devastating infectious diseases afflicting humans. Although there are …

Arsinothricin Inhibits Plasmodium falciparum Proliferation in Blood and Blocks Parasite Transmission to Mosquitoes

M Yoshinaga, G Niu, K Yoshinaga-Sakurai, VS Nadar… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium protozoal parasites, remains a leading cause of morbidity
and mortality. The Plasmodium parasite has a complex life cycle, with asexual and sexual …

[PDF][PDF] Physiologic activity of bisphosphonates–recent advances

E Chmielewska, P Kafarski - Open Pharmaceutical Sciences …, 2016 - benthamopen.com
Background: Bisphosphonates are drugs commonly used for the medication and prevention
of diseases caused by decreased mineral density. Despite such important medicinal use …

Synthetic procedures leading towards aminobisphosphonates

E Chmielewska, P Kafarski - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Growing interest in the biological activity of aminobisphosphonates has stimulated the
development of methods for their synthesis. Although several general procedures were …

Differential determinants of virulence in two Mycobacterium tuberculosis Colombian clinical isolates of the LAM09 family

A Baena, F Cabarcas, KLF Alvarez-Eraso, JP Isaza… - Virulence, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The heterogeneity of the clinical outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection may
be due in part to different strategies used by circulating strains to cause disease. This …

Phenyl-substituted aminomethylene-bisphosphonates inhibit human P5C reductase and show antiproliferative activity against proline-hyperproducing tumour cells

G Forlani, G Sabbioni, D Ragno… - Journal of enzyme …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In certain cancers, such as breast, prostate and some lung and skin cancers, the gene for
the enzyme catalysing the second and last step in proline synthesis, δ1-pyrroline-5 …

Amino Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors in Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

M Guida, C Tammaro, M Quaranta, B Salvucci, M Biava… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report, an estimated 10.6 million
people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in 2022, and 1.30 million died. A major …

Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxic, anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis and molecular docking studies of 4-pyridylamino-and 4-(ethynylpyridine) quinazolines

KB Dilebo, NJ Gumede, W Nxumalo… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract A series of 4-(pyridylamino)-and 4-(ethynylpyridine) quinazolines were successfully
prepared via Sonogashira cross-coupling and dechloroamination reactions on the C (4)-Cl …

Bisphosphonic acids and related compounds as inhibitors of nucleotide‐and polyphosphate‐processing enzymes: A PPK1 and PPK2 case study

M Burda‐Grabowska, K Macegoniuk… - Chemical biology & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Bisphosphonic acids, which are structural analogs of pyrophosphate, constitute a class of
compounds with very high potential for the construction of effective inhibitors of enzymes …