Journal
CHEMBIOCHEM
Volume 4, Issue 8, Pages 742-747Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300608
Keywords
inhibitors; kinases; purine; pyrimidine; nucleosides
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Thymidine monophosphate kinase (TMPK) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TMPKmt) is an attractive target for the design of specific inhibitors. This fact is the result of its key role in the thymidine pathway and of unique structural features in the active site observed by X-ray crystallography, especially in comparison to its human counterpart (TMPKh). Different 5-modified thymidine derivatives, as well as purine and pyrimidine analogues or C-nucleosides were tested on TMPKmt and TMPKh, and the results were rationalized by docking studies. 5-Halogenated 2'-deoxyuridines are the best inhibitors of TMPKmt found and present the highest selectivity indexes in favor of TMPKmt.
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