enzyme inhibitors;
hydroxamic acids and derivatives;
molecular design;
peptide analogs and mimetics;
D O I:
10.1016/S0040-4020(00)00882-6
中图分类号:
O62 [有机化学];
学科分类号:
070303 ;
081704 ;
摘要:
The binding modes of E-64c to papain combined with molecular modeling and ligand design using the crystal structure of cruzain have been used to develop new, potent D-Homophenylalanyl epoxysuccinate inhibitors of cruzain, the major cysteine protease of Trypanosoma cruzi. The most potent inhibitor 47 contains an O-benzyl hydroxamate unit and is highly specific for cruzain relative to other cysteine proteases tested. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.