Crystallographic and molecular modeling studies on 3-ethyl-3-(4-pyridyl)piperidine-2,6-dione and its butyl analog, inhibitors of mammalian aromatase. Comparison with natural substrates: prediction of enantioselectivity for N-alkyl derivatives
作者:Charles A. Laughton、Robert McKenna、Stephen Neidle、Michael Jarman、Ray McCague、Martin G. Rowlands
DOI:10.1021/jm00171a052
日期:1990.9
Inhibitors of the cytochrome P450 enzyme aromatase, which is involved in the biosynthesis of estrogens from androgens, are of proven utility in the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancer. The determination of the crystal structure of one such inhibitor, 3-ethyl-3-(4-pyridyl)piperidine-2,6-dione (2) and its 3-butyl analogue (3) is described. In the absence of three-dimensional structural information