Acyloxymethyl and alkoxycarbonyloxymethyl prodrugs of a fosmidomycin surrogate as antimalarial and antibacterial agents Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Fosmidomycin is a natural antibiotic with potent IspC (DXR, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase) inhibitory activity. This enzyme catalyzes the first committed step of the non-mevalonate isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway, which is essential in most bacteria, including A. baumanii and M. tuberculosis, and apicomplexan parasites, including Plasmodium parasites. Mainly as a result of its high polarity, fosmidomycin displays suboptimal ...