AZ1   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 13348

PDB Ligand
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: AZ1 is a sulfonyl piperazine compound with antibacterial activity, discovered using a high-throughput phenotypic screen [3]. It is a novel inhibitor of bacterial cell wall synthesis that acts by targeting UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase (LpxH), an enzyme in the lipopolysaccharide synthesis pathway [1]. LpxH is an essential enzyme, conserved in the majority of Gram-negative bacteria but absent in human, and an attractive target for antibacterial development.
2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 6
Hydrogen bond donors 0
Rotatable bonds 5
Topological polar surface area 69.31
Molecular weight 453.48
XLogP 1.31
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES CC(=O)N1CCC2=CC(=CC=C21)S(=O)(=O)N3CCN(CC3)C4=CC(=CC=C4)C(F)(F)F
Isomeric SMILES CC(=O)N1CCC2=C1C=CC(=C2)S(=O)(=O)N3CCN(CC3)C4=CC=CC(=C4)C(F)(F)F
InChI InChI=1S/C21H22F3N3O3S/c1-15(28)27-8-7-16-13-19(5-6-20(16)27)31(29,30)26-11-9-25(10-12-26)18-4-2-3-17(14-18)21(22,23)24/h2-6,13-14H,7-12H2,1H3
InChI Key JRTCXCIMCOKGMN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Bioactivity Comments
An initial study found that although AZ1 lacked activity against most of the Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria tested, it did inhibit the growth of an Escherichia coli efflux mutant (W3110 ΔtolC) with a MIC of 0.25μg/ml [3]. AZ1 is also reported to have activity against wild-type Klebsiella pneumoniae [2].