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Probing ligand-binding pockets of the mevalonate pathway enzymes from Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Jul 2010
Lefurgy Scott T, Rodriguez Sofia B, Park Chan Sun, Cahill Sean, Silverman Richard B, Leyh Thomas S
Abstract excerpt
Diphosphomevalonate (Mev.pp) is the founding member of a new class of potential antibiotics targeting the Streptococcus pneumoniae mevalonate (Mev) pathway. We have synthesized a series of Mev.pp analogues designed to simultaneously block two steps in this pathway, through allosteric inhibition o...
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