名称:
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Su- gar Amino Acid Based Inhibitors of Pro- tein Prenyl Transferases PFT and PGGT-1
摘要:
Eleven analogues of the C-terminal Ca(1)a(2)X Motif found in natural substrates of the prenyl transferases PFT and PGGT-1 were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibition potency and selectivity against PFT and PGGT-1. Replacement of the central dipeptide part a(1)a(2) by a benzylated sugar amino acid resulted in a good and highly selective PFT inhibitor (8, IC50 = 250 +/- 20 nM). The methyl ester of 8 (13) selectively inhibited protein farnesylation in cultured cells.