D A Heerding, G Chan, W E DeWolf, A P Fosberry, C A Janson, D D Jaworski, E McManus, W H Miller, T D Moore, D J Payne, X Qiu, S F Rittenhouse, C Slater-Radosti, W Smith, D T Takata, K S Vaidya, C C Yuan, W F Huffman
1,4-Disubstituted imidazole inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli enoyl acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) have been identified. Crystal structure data shows the inhibitor 1 bound in the enzyme active site of E. coli FabI.