Peptide inhibitors of dengue virus NS3 protease. Part 2: SAR study of tetrapeptide aldehyde inhibitors
作者:Zheng Yin、Sejal J. Patel、Wei-Ling Wang、Wai-Ling Chan、K.R. Ranga Rao、Gang Wang、Xinyi Ngew、Viral Patel、David Beer、John E. Knox、Ngai Ling Ma、Claus Ehrhardt、Siew Pheng Lim、Subhash G. Vasudevan、Thomas H. Keller
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.09.049
日期:2006.1
With the aim of discovering potent and selective dengue NS3 protease inhibitors, we systematically synthesized and evaluated a series of tetrapeptide aldehydes based on lead aldehyde 1 (Bz-Nle-Lys-Arg-Arg-H, K-i = 5.8 mu M). In general, we observe that interactions of P, side chain are more important than P, followed by P-3 and P-4. Tripeptide and dipeptide aldehyde inhibitors also show low micromolar activity. Additionally, an effective non-basic, uncharged replacement of P-1 Arg is identified. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.