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Target guided synthesis of 5-benzyl-2,4-diamonopyrimidines: their antimalarial activities and binding affinities to wild type and mutant dihydrofolate reductases from Plasmodium falciparum.
Journal of medicinal chemistry - 15 Jan 2004
Sirichaiwat Chawanee, Intaraudom Chakapong, Kamchonwongpaisan Sumalee, Vanichtanankul Jarunee, Thebtaranonth Yodhathai, Yuthavong Yongyuth
Abstract excerpt
The resistance to pyrimethamine (PYR) of Plasmodium falciparum arising from mutation at position 108 of dihydrofolate reductase (pfDHFR) from serine to asparagine (S108N) is due to steric interaction between the bulky side chain of N108 and Cl atom of the 5-p-Cl aryl group of PYR, which consequen...
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