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Apgar J, Wilkening R, Parker Jr D, Meng D, Wildonger K, Sperbeck D, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2020 Nov; 32:127661. PMID: 33160023
We previously reported medicinal chemistry efforts that identified MK-5204, an orally efficacious β-1,3-glucan synthesis inhibitor derived from the natural product enfumafungin. Further extensive optimization of the C2 triazole substituent identified...
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Apgar J, Wilkening R, Parker Jr D, Meng D, Wildonger K, Sperbeck D, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2020 Aug; 30(17):127357. PMID: 32738971
Our previously reported efforts to produce an orally active β-1,3-glucan synthesis inhibitor through the semi-synthetic modification of enfumafungin focused on replacing the C2 acetoxy moiety with an aminotetrazole and the...
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Apgar J, Wilkening R, Greenlee M, Balkovec J, Flattery A, Abruzzo G, et al.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett . 2015 Nov; 25(24):5813-8. PMID: 26542966
The clinical success of the echinocandins, which can only be administered parentally, has validated β-1,3-glucan synthase (GS) as an antifungal target. Semi-synthetic modification of enfumafungin, a triterpene glycoside natural product,...