PfProRS inhibition dose response: inhibition of PfProRS enzyme activity at various concentrations of glyburide
(blue), halofuginone (green), and TCMDC-124506 (orange). Lines are
fitted to Hill equation with a slope = 1, and the calculated IC50 values for the compounds in this assay are PfProRS for 34 μM glyburide, 0.28 μM halofuginone, and
73 μM TCMDC-124506 and HsProRS for >700
μM glyburide, 2.13 μM halofuginone, and >700 μM
TCMDC-124506. Compounds were counter-screened against HsProRS to determine specificity. Enzyme activity was determined by
luciferase ATP depletion assay (75 nM ProRS enzyme, 60 μM proline,
6 μM ATP, and 400 μg/mL yeast tRNA were incubated for
2 h at 37 °C). Inhibition values shown on the graph are the average
of three data points.