Johannes Reynisson j.reynisson@keele.ac.uk
Coumarin Antifungal Lead Compounds from Millettia thonningii and Their Predicted Mechanism of Action
Reynisson
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Fungal pathogens continue to pose challenges to humans and plants despite efforts to control them. Two coumarins, robustic acid and thonningine-C isolated from Millettia thonningii, show promising activity against the fungus Candida albicans with minimum fungicidal concentration of 1.0 and 0.5 mg/mL, respectively. Molecular modelling against the putative bio-molecular target, lanosterol 14a-demethylase (CYP51), revealed a plausible binding mode for the active compounds, in which the hydroxyl group binds with a methionine backbone carboxylic group blocking access to the iron catalytic site. This binding disrupts the synthesis of several important sterols for the survival of fungi.
Acceptance Date | Oct 6, 2016 |
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Publication Date | Oct 15, 2016 |
Journal | Molecules |
Publisher | MDPI |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21101369 |
Keywords | CYP51, Candida albicans, Sclorotium, isoflavone, molecular modelling, natural products, Antifungal Agents, Catalytic Domain, Coumarins, Fungal Proteins, Isoflavones, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Millettia, Models, Molecular, Molecular Docking Simulation, |
Publisher URL | http://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21101369 |
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