sulfadoxine [Antibiotic]

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Ontology CARD's Antibiotic Resistance Ontology
Accession ARO:3000327
DefinitionSulfadoxine is an inhibitor of dihydropteroate synthase, interfering with the tetrahydrofolic biosynthesis pathway. Tetrahydrofolic acid is essential for folate synthesis, a precursor to many nucleotides and amino acids.
SMILESCOc1ncnc(NS(=O)(=O)c2ccc(N)cc2)c1OC
PubChem17134
ChEMBLCHEMBL1539
ChEBI9329
CAS2447-57-6
Drug Classsulfonamide antibiotic
Classification2 ontology terms | Show
Parent Term(s)1 ontology terms | Show
+ sulfonamide antibiotic [Drug Class]
Sub-Term(s)
6 ontology terms | Show
+ antibiotic sensitive dihydropteroate synthase targeted_by_antibiotic
+ sul1 confers_resistance_to_antibiotic
+ sul2 confers_resistance_to_antibiotic
+ sul3 confers_resistance_to_antibiotic
+ Escherichia coli folP with mutation conferring resistance to sulfonamides confers_resistance_to_antibiotic
+ Streptococcus pyogenes folP with mutation conferring resistance to sulfonamides confers_resistance_to_antibiotic
Publications

Capan M, et al. 2010. Malar J 9: 303. Anti-bacterial activity of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: comparative in vitro study of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine, mefloquine, and azithromycin. (PMID 21029476)

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