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A Review Of The Preclinical And Clinical Efficacy Of Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, And Lopinavir-Ritonavir Treatments Against Covid-19, Dawid Maciorowski, Samir Z. El Idrissi, Yash Gupta, Brian J. Medernach, Michael B. Burns, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D., Ravi Durvasula, Prakasha Kempaiah Sep 2020

A Review Of The Preclinical And Clinical Efficacy Of Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine, And Lopinavir-Ritonavir Treatments Against Covid-19, Dawid Maciorowski, Samir Z. El Idrissi, Yash Gupta, Brian J. Medernach, Michael B. Burns, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D., Ravi Durvasula, Prakasha Kempaiah

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

In December of 2019, an outbreak of a novel coronavirus flared in Wuhan, the capital city of the Hubei Province, China. The pathogen has been identified as a novel enveloped RNA beta-coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a disease characterized by severe atypical pneumonia known as coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Typical symptoms of this disease include cough, fever, malaise, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal symptoms, anosmia, and, in severe cases, pneumonia.1 The high-risk group of COVID-19 patients includes people over the age of 60 years as well as people with existing cardiovascular …


Indoline‐6‐Sulfonamide Inhibitors Of The Bacterial Enzyme Dape, Cory T. Reidl, Tahirah K. Heath, Iman Darwish, Rachel M. Torrez, Maxwell Moore, Elliot Gild, Boguslaw P. Nocek, Anna Starus, Richard C. Holz, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D. Sep 2020

Indoline‐6‐Sulfonamide Inhibitors Of The Bacterial Enzyme Dape, Cory T. Reidl, Tahirah K. Heath, Iman Darwish, Rachel M. Torrez, Maxwell Moore, Elliot Gild, Boguslaw P. Nocek, Anna Starus, Richard C. Holz, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Inhibitors of the bacterial enzyme dapE-encoded N-succinyl-l,l-diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase (DapE; EC 3.5.1.18) hold promise as antibiotics with a new mechanism of action. Herein we describe the discovery of a new series of indoline sulfonamide DapE inhibitors from a high-throughput screen and the synthesis of a series of analogs. Inhibitory potency was measured by a ninhydrin-based DapE assay recently developed by our group. Molecular docking experiments suggest active site binding with the sulfonamide acting as a zinc-binding group (ZBG).


Synthesis Of A Protected 2-Aminocyclobutanone As A Modular Transition State Synthon For Medicinal Chemistry, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Cory T. Reidl, Matthias Zeller, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D. Mar 2020

Synthesis Of A Protected 2-Aminocyclobutanone As A Modular Transition State Synthon For Medicinal Chemistry, Thahani S. Habeeb Mohammad, Cory T. Reidl, Matthias Zeller, Daniel P. Becker Ph.D.

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The hydrochloride salt of ɑ-aminocyclobutanone protected as its dimethyl acetal 2,2-dimethoxycyclobutan-1-aminium chloride (3) has been prepared as a modular synthon for convenient access to cyclobutanone-containing lead inhibitors of hydrolase enzymes including serine proteases and metalloproteases. Protected ɑ-aminocyclobutanone 3 was converted to representative amide and sulfonamide-functionalized 2-aminocyclobutanone derivatives. Reaction of the amino acetal 3 with phenyl isothiocyanate afforded the bicyclic urea 1-hydroxyl-2,4-diazabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-3-thione (9) as confirmed by a single crystal X-ray structure.


Selectivity For Allosteric Effectors Of Bacterial Adp-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Structural And Functional Studies, Mashael Alghamdi Jan 2020

Selectivity For Allosteric Effectors Of Bacterial Adp-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase: Structural And Functional Studies, Mashael Alghamdi

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The biosynthesis of the intracellular polysaccharide in bacteria and plants, glycogen and starch, respectively, controlled by the key regulatory step that catalyzed by ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase (ADP-Glc PPase). ADP-Glc PPase is an allosteric enzyme regulated by metabolites produced of the principle carbon assimilation pathway in each organism. Agrobacterium tumefaciens enzyme activated by fructose 6-phosphate (Fru6P) and pyruvate, whereas Escherichia coli enzyme activated by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP), and both enzymes inhibited by AMP. Here, we targeted the allosteric regulation of the A. tumefaciens enzyme, examined some residues that may impact the regulation mechanism (Ser72, His71, Arg75, Ser351, Ser334, Arg368, Asn350, and Asp291), …


Human Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Enzymes, Joseph Valentein Roman Jan 2020

Human Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Enzymes, Joseph Valentein Roman

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Mammals have three forms of isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) that each catalyze the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate forming alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG), carbon dioxide and reduced pyridine nucleotide. The intra-mitochondrial, citric acid cycle enzyme is ICDH III that exists as a hetero tetramer and uses NAD+ as a substrate. ICDH I and ICDH II are both dimeric enzymes that reside in the cytosol and use NADP+. While, the precise function of the cytosolic ICDHs is not known, active site variants of both ICDH I and II cause a variety of cancers. The R132H variant of ICDH1 is one of the most common alterations. …


Laser Surface Cleaning As A Novel Approach For Genesis Solar Wind Collectors, Martina Schmeling, I. V. Veryovkin, C. E. Tripa Jan 2020

Laser Surface Cleaning As A Novel Approach For Genesis Solar Wind Collectors, Martina Schmeling, I. V. Veryovkin, C. E. Tripa

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A new surface cleaning method utilizing lasers has been evaluated for its suitability to Genesis solar wind collectors