Department Chemie, Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Center for Integrated Protein Science München, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2011 Dec;68(23):3797-814. doi: 10.1007/s00018-011-0753-z. Epub 2011 Jul 9.
The non-mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid (terpenoid) biosynthesis is essential in many eubacteria including the major human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, in apicomplexan protozoa including the Plasmodium spp. causing malaria, and in the plastids of plants. The metabolic route is absent in humans and is therefore qualified as a promising target for new anti-infective drugs and herbicides. Biochemical and structural knowledge about all enzymes involved in the pathway established the basis for discovery and development of inhibitors by high-throughput screening of compound libraries and/or structure-based rational design.
异戊烯(萜烯)生物合成的非甲羟戊酸途径在许多真细菌中是必不可少的,包括主要的人类病原体结核分枝杆菌、顶复门原生动物包括引起疟疾的疟原虫,以及植物的质体。该代谢途径在人类中不存在,因此有资格成为新的抗感染药物和除草剂的有希望的靶标。关于该途径中所有酶的生化和结构知识为通过高通量筛选化合物文库和/或基于结构的合理设计发现和开发抑制剂奠定了基础。