| Literature DB >> 21197572 |
Fabrizio Dal Piaz1, Antonio Vassallo, Osmany Cuesta Rubio, Sabrina Castellano, Gianluca Sbardella, Nunziatina De Tommasi.
Abstract
Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are a class of epigenetic enzymes crucial for chromatin restructuring and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotic cells, thus being a promising target for therapeutic development. Nonetheless, differently from histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitors, there is still paucity of small-molecule modulators of HAT activity. After a decline during past decade, natural products and their derivatives could be once again a valuable tool in the lead discovery process and meet such need of Novel Chemical Entities (NCEs). In this review, we will provide a comprehensive summary on the discovery of small-molecule HAT modulators from naturally occurring molecular scaffolds.Mesh:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21197572 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-010-9299-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Divers ISSN: 1381-1991 Impact factor: 2.943