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alpha-Keto amide inhibitors of aminopeptidases. 1992

T D Ocain, and D H Rich
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.

The design and synthesis of 3-amino-2-oxo-4-phenylbutanoic acid amides (alpha-keto amides), a new class of aminopeptidase inhibitor, are described. These compounds, illustrated by the Phe-Leu analogue 2, are effective inhibitors of arginyl aminopeptidase (Ki = 1.5 microM), cytosol aminopeptidase (Ki = 1.0 microM), and microsomal aminopeptidase (Ki = 2.5 microM). The ketone carbonyl of the alpha-keto amide was found to hydrate readily in an aqueous DMSO solution, due to the electron-withdrawing effect of the neighboring amide group. A mechanism of inhibition is proposed for the alpha-keto amides that is similar to that proposed for the structurally related aminopeptidase inhibitor bestatin and its analogues, wherein the inhibitor may interact with the S1'-S2' subsite of the enzyme rather than the S1-S1' subsite. Like bestatin, the alpha-keto amides are slow-binding inhibitors of all three enzymes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007930 Leucine An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation. L-Leucine,Leucine, L-Isomer,L-Isomer Leucine,Leucine, L Isomer
D009682 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Spectroscopic method of measuring the magnetic moment of elementary particles such as atomic nuclei, protons or electrons. It is employed in clinical applications such as NMR Tomography (MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING). In Vivo NMR Spectroscopy,MR Spectroscopy,Magnetic Resonance,NMR Spectroscopy,NMR Spectroscopy, In Vivo,Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, Magnetic Resonance,Spectroscopy, NMR,Spectroscopy, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopies,Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear,NMR Spectroscopies,Resonance Spectroscopy, Magnetic,Resonance, Magnetic,Resonance, Nuclear Magnetic,Spectroscopies, NMR,Spectroscopy, MR
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D000577 Amides Organic compounds containing the -CO-NH2 radical. Amides are derived from acids by replacement of -OH by -NH2 or from ammonia by the replacement of H by an acyl group. (From Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Amide
D000626 Aminopeptidases A subclass of EXOPEPTIDASES that act on the free N terminus end of a polypeptide liberating a single amino acid residue. EC 3.4.11. Aminopeptidase
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships

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