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ID: ALA1123078

Journal: J Med Chem

Title: Receptor-based design of dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors: comparison of crystallographically determined enzyme binding with enzyme affinity in a series of carboxy-substituted trimethoprim analogues.

Authors: Kuyper LF, Roth B, Baccanari DP, Ferone R, Beddell CR, Champness JN, Stammers DK, Dann JG, Norrington FE, Baker DJ.

Abstract: By the use of molecular models of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), analogues of trimethoprim (TMP) were designed which incorporated various 3'-carboxyalkoxy moieties in order to acquire ionic interactions with positively charged active-site residues. Certain of these compounds have shown exceptionally high affinity for this enzyme. For example, the 3'-(carboxypentyl)oxy analogue was found to be 55-fold more inhibitory than TMP toward E. coli DHFR (Ki = 0.024 nM vs. 1.32 nM for TMP). X-ray crystallographic studies of E. coli DHFR in binary complexes with TMP and two members of this acid-containing series of compounds defined the binding of these inhibitors and showed the carboxyl group of the latter two inhibitors to be ionically bound to Arg-57. These observations were in agreement with postulated binding modes that were based on receptor modeling.

CiteXplore: 3973902

DOI: 10.1021/jm00381a008