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Exploring 8-benzyl pteridine-6,7-diones as inhibitors of glutamate racemase (MurI) in Gram-positive bacteria

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BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 18, Issue 23, Pages 6100-6103

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.10.022

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Glutamate racemase; MurI inhibitor; 8-Benzyl pteridine-6,7-dione

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A successful scaffold-hopping approach gave a novel series of inhibitors of bacterial glutamate racemase (MurI). Early SAR studies of the 8-benzyl pteridine-6,7-diones led to compounds with micromolar enzyme potency and antibacterial activity. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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