作者:Qian Wu、Kevin R Criscione、Gary L Grunewald、Michael J McLeish
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.06.009
日期:2004.8
Inhibitors of phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase [PNMT, the enzyme that catalyzes the final step in the biosynthesis of epinephrine (Epi)] may be of use in determining the role of Epi in the central nervous system. Here we demonstrate that a routinely used assay for screening PNMT inhibitors is not appropriate for those inhibitors having K-i values less than 1 muM. A revised assay has been developed that shows some inhibitors bind two orders of magnitude more tightly than previously reported. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.