Structure-guided design, synthesis, and characterization of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi
Patrick A. Dome, Pyeonghwa Jeong, Gibeom Nam, Hongjun Jang, Angela Rivera, Anna Floyd Averette, Eunchong Park, Tzu-Chieh Liao, Maria Ciofani, Jianli Wu, Jen‐Tsan Chi, Ronald A. Venters, Hyunju Park, William J. Steinbach, Praveen R. Juvvadi, , Jiyong Hong
This paper designs and synthesizes C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced antifungal activity and reduced immunosuppression by leveraging structural insights from fungal and human CaN-FKBP12 complexes.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Dec 31, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology