作者:Markus Biel、Patrick Deck、Athanassios Giannis、Herbert Waldmann
DOI:10.1002/chem.200501128
日期:2006.5.15
Recently, an enzyme, acyl protein thioesterase 1 (APT1), that may play a regulatory role in the palmitoylation cycle of H-Ras and G-protein alpha subunits, was purified. Motivated by this work, several inhibitors of APT1 were designed, synthesized and biologically evaluated leading to highly active compounds.
脂质修饰的蛋白质在重要的生物学过程中起着决定性作用,例如信号转导,细胞骨架的组织和囊泡转运。这些蛋白质的脂化对于正确的生物学功能是必不可少的。在脂质修饰中,烯丙基化和肉豆蔻酰基化是众所周知的。但是,棕榈酰化的机制仍在研究中。最近,纯化了一种可能在H-Ras和G蛋白α亚基的棕榈酰化循环中起调节作用的酰基蛋白硫酯酶1(APT1)酶。受这项工作的启发,设计,合成了多种APT1抑制剂,并对其进行了生物学评估,从而产生了高活性的化合物。