Discovery of high affinity inhibitors of Leishmania donovani N-myristoyltransferase
作者:Mark D. Rackham、Zhiyong Yu、James A. Brannigan、William P. Heal、Daniel Paape、K. Victoria Barker、Anthony J. Wilkinson、Deborah F. Smith、Robin J. Leatherbarrow、Edward W. Tate
DOI:10.1039/c5md00241a
日期:——
N-Myristoyltransferase (NMT) is a potential drug target in Leishmania parasites. Scaffold-hopping from published inhibitors yielded the serendipitous discovery of a chemotype selective for Leishmania donovani NMT; development led to high affinity inhibitors with excellent ligand efficiency. The binding mode was characterised by crystallography and provides a structural rationale for selectivity.
N-肉豆蔻酰转移酶(NMT)是利什曼原虫寄生虫的潜在药物靶点。从已发表的抑制剂中进行支架跳跃偶然发现了对杜氏利什曼原虫NMT 具有选择性的化学型;开发导致了具有优异配体效率的高亲和力抑制剂。结合模式通过晶体学进行了表征,并提供了选择性的结构原理。