Publications [#234155] of Eric J. Toone

Journal Articles

1. Liang, X; Lee, C-J; Chen, X; Chung, HS; Zeng, D; Raetz, CRH; Li, Y; Zhou, P; Toone, EJ, Syntheses, structures and antibiotic activities of LpxC inhibitors based on the diacetylene scaffold., Bioorg Med Chem, vol. 19 no. 2 (January, 2011), pp. 852-860 [21194954], [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/13)

   Abstract:
   Compounds inhibiting LpxC in the lipid A biosynthetic pathway are promising leads for novel antibiotics against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. We report the syntheses and structural and biochemical characterizations of LpxC inhibitors based on a diphenyl-diacetylene (1,4-diphenyl-1,3-butadiyne) threonyl-hydroxamate scaffold. These studies provide a molecular interpretation for the differential antibiotic activities of compounds with a substituted distal phenyl ring as well as the absolute stereochemical requirement at the C2, but not C3, position of the threonyl group.