Synthesis of branched 9-[2-(2-phosphonoethoxy) ethyl] purines as a new class of acyclic nucleoside phosphonates which inhibit Plasmodium falciparum …

…, M Masojídková, DT Keough, J de Jersey…

Index: Hockova, Dana; Holy, Antonin; Masojidkova, Milena; Keough, Dianne T.; Jersey, John de; Guddat, Luke W. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 17, # 17 p. 6218 - 6232

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Abstract

The malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) lacks the de novo pathway and relies on the salvage enzyme, hypoxanthine–guanine–xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGXPRT), for the synthesis of the 6-oxopurine nucleoside monophosphates. Specific acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (ANPs) inhibit PfHGXPRT and possess anti-plasmodial activity. Two series of novel branched ANPs derived from 9-[2-(2-phosphonoethoxy) ethyl] ...