Structure-Based Design: Potent Inhibitors of Human Brain Memapsin 2 (β-Secretase)
作者:Arun K. Ghosh、Geoffrey Bilcer、Cynthia Harwood、Reiko Kawahama、Dongwoo Shin、Khaja Azhar Hussain、Lin Hong、Jeffrey A. Loy、Chan Nguyen、Gerald Koelsch、Jacques Ermolieff、Jordan Tang
DOI:10.1021/jm0101803
日期:2001.8.1
Memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) is one of two proteases that cleave the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) to produce the 40-42 residue amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) in the human brain, a key event in the progression of Alzheimer's disease. On the basis of the X-ray crystal structure of our lead inhibitor (2, OM99-2 with eight residues) bound to memapsin, we have reduced the molecular weight and designed
Memapsin 2(beta-secretase)是两种蛋白酶,它们会切割β-淀粉样蛋白前体蛋白(APP)在人脑中产生40-42个残基的淀粉样β-肽(Abeta),这是阿尔茨海默氏病进展的关键事件疾病。基于我们的铅抑制剂(2个,带有八个残基的OM99-2,具有8个残基)的X射线晶体结构,我们降低了分子量,并设计了有效的Memapsin抑制剂。已经提出了基于结构的设计和初步的结构活性研究。