Structure-Based Design of Novel Chk1 Inhibitors: Insights into Hydrogen Bonding and Protein−Ligand Affinity

Autor: Andrew Potter, Lisa M. Fisher, Nicolas Foloppe, Peter Kierstan, Allan E. Surgenor, Rob Howes, and Alan G. S. Robertson
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48:4332-4345
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/jm049022c
Popis: We report the discovery, synthesis, and crystallographic binding mode of novel furanopyrimidine and pyrrolopyrimidine inhibitors of the Chk1 kinase, an oncology target. These inhibitors are synthetically tractable and inhibit Chk1 by competing for its ATP site. A chronological account allows an objective comparison of modeled compound docking modes to the subsequently obtained crystal structures. The comparison provides insights regarding the interpretation of modeling results, in relationship to the multiple reasonable docking modes which may be obtained in a kinase-ATP site. The crystal structures were used to guide medicinal chemistry efforts. This led to a thorough characterization of a pair of ligand-protein complexes which differ by a single hydrogen bond. An analysis indicates that this hydrogen bond is expected to contribute a fraction of the 10-fold change in binding affinity, adding a valuable observation to the debate about the energetic role of hydrogen bonding in molecular recognition.
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