Identification of Dipeptidyl Nitriles as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Cathepsin B through Structure-Based Drug Design
作者:Paul D. Greenspan、Kirk L. Clark、Ruben A. Tommasi、Scott D. Cowen、Leslie W. McQuire、David L. Farley、John H. van Duzer、Ronald L. Goldberg、Huanghai Zhou、Zhengming Du、John J. Fitt、David E. Coppa、Zheng Fang、William Macchia、Lijuan Zhu、Michael P. Capparelli、Robert Goldstein、Andrew M. Wigg、John R. Doughty、Regine S. Bohacek、Ania K. Knap
DOI:10.1021/jm010206q
日期:2001.12.1
this template. Cathepsin B is unique in its class in that it contains a carboxylate recognition site in the S(2)' pocket of the active site. Inhibitor potency and selectivity were enhanced by tethering a carboxylate functionality from the carbon alpha to the nitrile to interact with this region of the enzyme. This resulted in the identification of compound 10, a 7 nM inhibitor of cathepsin B, with excellent