Design and synthesis of novel antibacterial agents with inhibitory activity against DNA polymerase III.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000, Rahway, NJ 07065-0900, USA.

Published: August 2001

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4-Substituted 2-amino-6-(anilino)pyrimidines have been found to be selective inhibitors of DNA polymerase III, a replicative enzyme known to be essential in the DNA synthesis of Gram-positive bacteria. Among the analogues, 18 displayed an IC(50) of 10 microM against DNA polymerase III from Staphylococcus aureus.

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