Bromotyrosine-derived natural and synthetic products as inhibitors of mycothiol-S-conjugate amidase

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  • September 2002

abstract

  • A series of bromotyrosine-derived compounds, including marine natural products and members of a psammaplin A-inspired combinatorial synthetic library, were screened for their ability to inhibit the Mycobacterium tuberculosis detoxification enzyme mycothiol-S-conjugate amidase (MCA). Correlations between the structures and their respective IC(50) values (which range from 3 microM to 2.7 mM) should prove valuable when optimizing more potent inhibitors of MCA.