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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 44, Issue 19, Pages 3125-3131Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm010899a
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Novel fusidic acid type antibiotics having flexible side chains are described. Saturation of the double bond between C-17 and C-20 of fusidic acid produces four stereoisomers differing in the configuration at C-17 and C-20. The structure-activity relationship of the stereoisomers was studied using computer-assisted analyses of low-energy conformations and crystallographic data. Only one of the four stereoisomers showed potent antibiotic activity comparable with that of fusidic acid, whereas the other three stereoisomers retained little or no activity. The orientation of the side chain is crucial, and there is only a limited space for bioactive side chain conformations. This investigation demonstrates the essential role of the side chain conformations in relation to antibacterial activity and contradicts earlier assumptions that the Delta 17(20) bond is an essential feature in the molecule.
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