Privileged scaffolds for blocking protein–protein interactions: 1,4-disubstituted naphthalene antagonists of transcription factor complex HOX–PBX/DNA
作者:Tao Ji、Madison Lee、Steven C. Pruitt、David G. Hangauer
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.05.068
日期:2004.8
Structure-based-design studies, with the crystal structure of the HOXB1-PBX1/DNA transcription factor complex, were used to identify 1,4-disubstituted naphthalenes as potential antagonists. An initial library of 32 analogs was synthesized, two of which were found to be more potent than the reported activity for a 12 amino acid peptide antagonist. Antagonists were also identified of the related BRN1/DNA and BRN2/DNA transcription factor complexes indicating that a 1,4-disubsituted naphthalene may be a privileged scaffold for preparing screening libraries targeting this family of transcription factor complexes. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.