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NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenases in a dimorphic zygomycete Benjaminiella poitrasii: Purification, characterization and their evaluation as an antifungal drug target
Deshpande, Mukund V.,Kulkarni, Anand M.,Pathan, Ejaj K.,Prasanna, Nallaballe V. L.,Ramana, Chepuri V.
, (2020/08/21)
Background: It has been reported that the genes coding for NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenases (NADP-GDHs) showed a cause-effect relationship with Yeast-Hypha (Y[sbnd]H) reversible transition in a zygomycete Benjaminiella poitrasii. As Y[sbnd]H transition is significant in human pathogenic fungi for their survival and proliferation in the host, the NADP-GDHs can be explored as antifungal drug targets. Methods: The yeast-form specific BpNADPGDH I and hyphal-form specific BpNADPGDH II of B. poitrasii were purified by heterologous expression in E. coli BL-21 cells and characterized. The structural analogs of L-glutamate, dimethyl esters of isophthalic acid (DMIP) and its derivatives were designed, synthesized and screened for inhibition of NADP-GDH activity as well as Y[sbnd]H transition in B. poitrasii, and also in human pathogenic Candida albicans strains. Results: The BpNADPGDH I and BpNADPGDH II were found to be homo-hexameric proteins with native molecular mass of 282 kDa and 298 kDa, respectively and subunit molecular weights of 47 kDa and 49 kDa, respectively. Besides the distinct kinetic properties, BpNADPGDH I and BpNADPGDH II were found to be regulated by cAMP-dependent- and Calmodulin (CaM) dependent- protein kinases, respectively. The DMIP compounds showed a more pronounced effect on H-form specific BpNADPGDH II and inhibited Y[sbnd]H transition as well as growth in B. poitrasii and C. albicans strains. Conclusion: The present study will be useful to design and develop antifungal drugs against dimorphic human pathogens using glutamate dehydrogenase as a target. Significance: Glutamate dehydrogenases can be explored as a target against human pathogenic fungi.
Synthesis and NMR binding studies towards rational design of a series of electron-withdrawing diamide receptors/organocatalysts
Kinsella, Michael,Duggan, Patrick G.,Muldoon, Jimmy,Eccles, Kevin S.,Lawrence, Simon E.,Lennon, Claire M.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 1125 - 1132 (2011/04/15)
A related series of bisamides have been evaluated for rational correlation between anion complexation and organocatalysis: remarkable enhancement of hydrogen bonding to anions was observed along with significant increases in catalytic activity in the Bayl
