Novel and selective imidazole-containing biphenyl inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase
作者:Michael L. Curtin、Alan S. Florjancic、Jerome Cohen、Wen-Zhen Gu、David J. Frost、Steven W. Muchmore、Hing L. Sham
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(03)00096-9
日期:2003.4
A series of imidazole-containing biphenyls was prepared and evaluated in vitro for inhibition of FTase and cellular Ras processing. Several of these analogues, such as 21, are potent inhibitors of FTase (< 1 nM), FTase/GGTase selective (> 300-fold) and cellularly active ( less than or equal to 80 nM). An X-ray crystal structure of inhibitor 21 bound to rat farnesyltransferase is also presented. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.