Structural basis of malaria parasite phenylalanine tRNA-synthetase inhibition by bicyclic azetidines

oleh: Manmohan Sharma, Nipun Malhotra, Manickam Yogavel, Karl Harlos, Bruno Melillo, Eamon Comer, Arthur Gonse, Suhel Parvez, Branko Mitasev, Francis G. Fang, Stuart L. Schreiber, Amit Sharma

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01

Deskripsi

Bicyclic azetidine inhibitors are promising antimalarials that target the Plasmodium cytosolic phenylalanine tRNAsynthetase (cFRS). Here, Sharma et al. provide the biochemical and structural basis of its mechanism using co-crystal structure of PvcFRS with BRD1389.