| Literature DB >> 25589925 |
Christopher N Johnson1, Valerio Berdini1, Lijs Beke2, Pascal Bonnet2, Dirk Brehmer2, Joseph E Coyle1, Phillip J Day1, Martyn Frederickson1, Eddy J E Freyne2, Ron A H J Gilissen2, Christopher C F Hamlett1, Steven Howard1, Lieven Meerpoel2, Rachel McMenamin1, Sahil Patel1, David C Rees1, Andrew Sharff1, François Sommen2, Tongfei Wu2, Joannes T M Linders2.
Abstract
Fragment-based drug design was successfully applied to maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK). A low affinity (160 μM) fragment hit was identified, which bound to the hinge region with an atypical binding mode, and this was optimized using structure-based design into a low-nanomolar and cell-penetrant inhibitor, with a good selectivity profile, suitable for use as a chemical probe for elucidation of MELK biology.Entities:
Keywords: Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase; fragment-based drug design; structure-based optimization
Year: 2014 PMID: 25589925 PMCID: PMC4291735 DOI: 10.1021/ml5001245
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345