Isoxazole-3-hydroxamic acid derivatives as peptide deformylase inhibitors and potential antibacterial agents.

A series of isoxazole-3-hydroxamic acid derivatives has been identified as a new class of small, nonpeptidic inhibitors of peptide deformylase (PDF). The synthesis, enzyme inhibition and preliminary investigation of the binding mode of this potential antibacterial compounds are reported.

The respective N-hydroxypyrazole analogues of the classical glutamate receptor ligands ibotenic acid and (RS)-2-amino-2-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)acetic acid.

We have determined the pharmacological activity of N-hydroxypyrazole analogues (3a and 4a) of the classical glutamate receptor ligands ibotenic acid and (RS)-2-amino-2-(3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolyl)acetic acid (AMAA), as well as substituted derivatives of these two compounds. The pharmacological profile of 3a is closer to that of thioibotenic acid rather than ibotenic acid, while 4a is a selective N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptor agonist. Ring substitution of 3a and 4a leads to NMDA receptor antagonists.