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Zachary F Walls1, Sheeba Varghese Gupta1, Gordon L Amidon1, Kyung-Dall Lee1.
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An amino acid ester derivative of luciferin (valoluc) was synthesized to mimic the transport and activation of valacyclovir. This molecule was characterized in vitro for specificity and enzymatic constants, and then assayed in two different, physiologically-relevant conditions. It was demonstrated that valoluc activation is sensitive to the same cellular factors as valacyclovir and thus has the potential to elucidate the dynamics of amino acid ester prodrug therapies in a functional, high-throughput manner.Entities:
Keywords: Luciferin; PEPT1; Prodrug; VACVase
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25240255 PMCID: PMC4192071 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioorg Med Chem Lett ISSN: 0960-894X Impact factor: 2.823