Truncation and non-natural amino acid substitution studies on HTLV-I protease hexapeptidic inhibitors
作者:Jeffrey-Tri Nguyen、Meihui Zhang、Henri-Obadja Kumada、Ayako Itami、Keiji Nishiyama、Tooru Kimura、Maosheng Cheng、Yoshio Hayashi、Yoshiaki Kiso
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.10.066
日期:2008.1
The culprit behind adult T-cell leukemia, myelopathy/tropical paraparesis, and a plethora of inflammatory diseases is the human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). We recently unveiled a potent hexapeptidic HTLV-1 protease inhibitor, KNI-10166, composed mostly of natural amino acid residues. Herein, we report the derivation of potent tetrapeptidic inhibitor KNI-10516, possessing only non-natural amino acid residues. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.