Conrad Chibunna Achilonu

Anti-Fungal and Toxicology Assessment of ISFP10, an Inhibitor of Fungal Phosphoglucomutase (PGM)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The novel small molecule ISFP10 inhibits fungal phosphoglucomutase (PGM) activity in Aspergillus fumigatus and Pneumocystis spp. With 50-fold selectivity over the human isoform, conferred by a conserved cysteine residue present in several pathogenic fung...