Its expression in several cancer cell lines has been widely discussed in the literature, and recent work established a link between NNMT expression and metabolic diseases. Here we describe our approach to identify potent small molecule inhibitors of NNMT featuring different binding modes as elucidated by X-ray crystallographic studies.
烟酰胺-N-甲基转移酶(NN
MT)是催化从S-
腺苷甲
硫氨酸(S
AM)到烟酰胺(N
AM)的甲基转移的胞质酶。它在包括肝脏,脂肪组织和骨骼肌在内的许多组织中表达。其在几种癌
细胞系中的表达已在文献中进行了广泛讨论,最近的工作建立了NN
MT表达与代谢性疾病之间的联系。在这里,我们描述了我们的方法,以鉴定具有不同结合模式的NN
MT的有效小分子
抑制剂,如X射线晶体学研究所阐明的那样。