MBD, a novel fluorescent probe (7-(p-Methoxybenzylamino)-4-nitrobenz-2,1,3-oxadiazole), is utilized to study the conformation of protein and nucleoprotein. Its application is extended to bacterial ribosomes, as well as bovine trypsinogen and trypsin. MBD exhibits significant fluorescence when it binds to the hydrophobic region of macromolecules [1][2].
CAY10742 is an orally bioavailable oxadiazole antibiotic.1It is active against the Gram-positive bacteriaS. aureus,S. epidermidis,S. haemolyticus,B. cereus,B. licheniformis,E. faecalis, andE. faecium(MICs = 1-4 μg/ml), including laboratory strains and clinical isolates with varying degrees of resistance to methicillin, vancomycin, linezolid, and other antibiotics. CAY10742 (40 mg/kg) reduces the number of bacteria in mouse neutropenic thigh models of linezolid-sensitive or -resistant methicillin-resistantS. aureus(MRSA) infection. 1.Boudreau, M.A., Ding, D., Meisel, J.E., et al.Structure-activity relationship for the oxadiazole class of antibacterialsMed. Chem. Lett.11(3)322-326(2019)
CAY10761 is an inhibitor of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1; IC50s = 467 and 429 μM for the human and snake venom enzymes, respectively).1,2 It also inhibits mushroom tyrosinase (Ki = 1.9 μM) and urease from jack bean, P. mirabilis, and B. pasteurii (IC50s = 0.093, <0.125, and 0.089 mM, respectively, at pH 8.2).3,4 |1. Khan, K.M., Fatima, N., Rasheed, M., et al. 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione and its analogues: A new class of non-competitive nucleotide pyrophosphatases phosphodiesterases 1 inhibitors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 17(22), 7816-7822 (2009).|2. Onyedibe, K.I., Wang, M., and Sintim, H.O. ENPP1, an old enzyme with new functions, and small molecule inhibitors - A STING in the tale of ENPP1. Molecules 24(22), E4192 (2019).|3. Ghani, U., and Ullah, N. New potent inhibitors of tyrosinase: Novel clues to binding of 1,3,4-thiadiazole-2(3H)-thiones, 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thiones, 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thiones, and substituted hydrazides to the dicopper active site. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 18(11), 4042-4048 (2010).|4. Amtul, Z., Rasheed, M., Choudhary, M.I., et al. Kinetics of novel competitive inhibitors of urease enzymes by a focused library of oxadiazoles thiadiazoles and triazoles. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 319(3), 1053-1063 (2004).
Pifexole is the 1,2,4-oxadiazole derivative. It has a similar profile of muscle-relaxant activity in animals to that of chlorzoxazone. In rats, pifexole is reported to be seven times more potent than chlorzoxazone in inhibition of strychnine-induced convulsions.