Seryl-lysyl-based peptide and peptidomimetic inhibitors of N-myristoyl transferase as anti-infective agents

A method of inhibiting growth of Candida Albicans in a subject afflicted therewith comprising administering to said subject a compound, for a time and under conditions effective to inhibit growth of Candida Albicans, selected from compounds of Formula II:

• wherein R1 is selected from aminoalkyl, aminoalkylcycloalkyl, aminoalkylcycloalkylalkyl, monoalkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, monoalkylaminocycloalkylalkyl, dialkylaminocycloalkylalkyl, aminoalkylarylalkyl, monoalkylaminoalkylarylalkyl, dialkylaminoalkylarylalkyl,. aminocycloalkyl, monocycloalkylaminoalkyl, monoalkylaminocycloalkyl, monocycloalkylaminocycloalkyl, dialkylaminocycloalkyl, aminocycloalkylarylalkyl, aminoalkylarylcycloalkyl, aminocycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, monocycloalkylaminoalkylarylalkyl, monoalkylaminocycloalkylarylalkyl, monoalkylaminoalkylarylcycloalkyl, monocycloalkylaminocycloalkylarylalkyl, monocycloalkylaminoalkylarylcycloalkyl, monoalkylaminocycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, monocycloalkylaminocycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, dialkylaminocycloalkylarylalkyl, dialkylaminoalkylarylcycloalkyl, dialkylaminocycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, heterocyclic-A-alkyl, heterocyclic-A-alkylarylalkyl, heterocyclic-A-cycloalkyl, heterocyclic-A-cycloalkylarylalkyl, heterocyclic-A-alkylarylcycloalkyl, heterocyclic-A-cycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, heteroaryl-A-alkyl, heteroaryl-A-alkylarylalkyl, heteroaryl-A-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl-A-cycloalkylarylalkyl, hetergaryl-A-alkylarylcycloalkyl and heteroaryl-A-cycloalkylarylcycloalkyl, wherein A is either a covalent bond or is a moiety selected from
• wherein R0 is selected from hydrido, alkyl, cycloalkyl and cycloalkylalkyl;
• wherein any foregoing heterocyclic-containing moiety may be fused to an aryl ring to form an arylheterocyclic moiety, and wherein any foregoing heteroaryl-containing moiety may be fused to an aryl ring to form an arylheteroaryl moiety, and wherein any of said heterocyclic moiety, heteroaryl moiety, arylheterocyclic moiety and arylheteroaryl moiety may be independently substituted at one or more substitutable positions with one or more radicals selected from halo, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, amino, aminoacyl, aminocarbonylalkoxy, monoalkylamino, dialkylamino, alkoxy, alkylthio, aralkyl and aryl, with the proviso that said heterocyclic moiety is selected from morpholino, thiomorpholino, piperazinyl, piperidinyl and pyrrolidinyl, and with the further proviso that said heteroaryl moiety is selected from imidazolyl and pyridinyl;
• wherein R2 is a radical selected from hydrido, alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, bicycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, fused bicycloalkenyl, cycloalkyl fused to cycloalkenyl, alkenylalkyl, alkynyl, aralkyl and aryl, wherein any of said R2 radicals having a substitutable position may be substituted by one or more radicals selected from alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, fused bicycloalkenyl, cycloalkyl fused to cycloalkenyl, alkenylalkyl, alkynyl, halo, haloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthio, aralkoxy, aryloxy, arylthio, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl and cycloalkoxycarbonylcycloalkyl;
• wherein Y is selected from hydroxyalkyl, hydroxycycloalkyl, hydroxycycloalkylalkyl, hydroxyaryl, hydroxyaminocarbonylaralkyl, hydroxyaminocarbonyl, hydroxyaminocarbonylalkyl, hydroxyaminocarbonylcycloalkyl, hydroxyaminocarbonylcycloalkylalkyl, hydroxyaminocarbonylaryl, carboxyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxycycloalkyl, carboxycyloalkylalkyl, tetrazolyl, tetrazolylalkyl, tetrazolylcycloalkyl, tetrazolylcycloalkylalkyl, phosphinic acid, monoalkylphosphinic acid, dialkylphosphinic acid, monocycloalkylphosphinic acid, dicycloalkylphosphinic acid, monocycloalkylalkylphosphinic acid, dicycloalkylalkylphosphinic acid, mixed monoalkylmonocycloalkylphosphinic acid, mixed monoalkylmonocycloalkylalkylphosphinic acid, mixed monocycloalkylmonocycloalkylalkylphosphinic acid, monoarylphosphinic acid, diarylphosphinic acid, mixed monoalkyl-monoarylphosphinic acid, mixed monocycloalkyl-monoarylphosphinic acid, mixed monocycloalkylalkyl-monoarylphosphinic acid, phosphonic acid, alkylphosphonic acid, cycloalkylphosphonic acid, cycloalkylalkylphosphonic acid, aralkylphosphonic acid and arylphosphonic acid;
• or an acceptable ester, amide, or salt thereof.