| Literature DB >> 27437081 |
Christopher J Bungard1, Peter D Williams1, Jeanine E Ballard1, David J Bennett1, Christian Beaulieu2, Carolyn Bahnck-Teets1, Steve S Carroll1, Ronald K Chang1, David C Dubost1, John F Fay1, Tracy L Diamond1, Thomas J Greshock1, Li Hao3, M Katharine Holloway1, Peter J Felock1, Jennifer J Gesell1, Hua-Poo Su1, Jesse J Manikowski1, Daniel J McKay2, Mike Miller1, Xu Min1, Carmela Molinaro1, Oscar M Moradei2, Philippe G Nantermet1, Christian Nadeau2, Rosa I Sanchez1, Tummanapalli Satyanarayana3, William D Shipe1, Sanjay K Singh3, Vouy Linh Truong2, Sivalenka Vijayasaradhi3, Catherine M Wiscount1, Joseph P Vacca2, Sheldon N Crane2, John A McCauley1.
Abstract
A novel HIV protease inhibitor was designed using a morpholine core as the aspartate binding group. Analysis of the crystal structure of the initial lead bound to HIV protease enabled optimization of enzyme potency and antiviral activity. This afforded a series of potent orally bioavailable inhibitors of which MK-8718 was identified as a compound with a favorable overall profile.Entities:
Keywords: HIV; MK-8718; inhibitor; protease
Year: 2016 PMID: 27437081 PMCID: PMC4948015 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00135
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345