High-Affinity Inhibitors of tRNA-Guanine Transglycosylase Replacing the Function of a Structural Water Cluster
✍ Scribed by Philipp C. Kohler; Tina Ritschel; W. Bernd Schweizer; Gerhard Klebe; François Diederich
- Book ID
- 102794425
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 529 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-6539
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The tRNA‐modifying enzyme tRNA–guanine transglycosylase (TGT) is essential for the pathogenic mechanism of Shigella flexneri, the causing agent of the bacterial diarrheal disease shigellosis. Herein, the synthesis of a new class of rationally designed 6‐amino‐imidazo[4,5‐g]quinazolin‐8(7__H__)‐one‐ (lin‐benzoguanine) based inhibitors of TGT are reported. In order to accommodate a small hydrophobic crevice opening near the binding site of ribose‐34, 2‐aminoethyl substituents were introduced in position 4 of the heterocyclic scaffold. For this purpose, a synthetic sequence consisting of iodination, Suzuki cross‐coupling, hydroboration, Mitsunobu reaction, and Gabriel synthesis was employed, furnishing a primary amine that served as a common intermediate for the preparation of a series of derivatives. The resulting ligands displayed very low inhibition constants, down to K~i~=2 nM. Substantial additional inhibitory potency is gained by interaction of terminal lipophilic groups attached to the substituent at position 4 with the hydrophobic crevice shaped by Val45 and Leu68. At the same time, the secondary ammonium center in the substituent displaces a cluster of water molecules, solvating the catalytic residues Asp102 and Asp280, without loss in binding affinity. In addition, a synthetic intermediate with an unusual 3,6,7,8,9,10‐hexahydroimidazo[4,5‐g][1,3]benzodiazepine core, as confirmed by X‐ray analysis, is reported.