Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Dihydropteroate is a pterin created from para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) by the enzyme dihydropteroate synthase. It is an important intermediate in folate synthesis. Bacteriostatic agents such as sulfonamides target dihydropteroate synthetase. The effect of dihydropteroate synthetase inhibition is comparable to that of dihydrofolate reductase inhibition by trimethoprim another bacteriostatic agent.
