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Benzimidazole inhibitors induce a DFG-out conformation of never in mitosis gene a-related kinase 2 (Nek2) without binding to the back pocket and reveal a nonlinear structure-activity relationship
Solanki, Savade,Innocenti, Paolo,Mas-Droux, Corine,Boxall, Kathy,Barillari, Caterina,Van Montfort, Rob L. M.,Aherne, G. Wynne,Bayliss, Richard,Hoelder, Swen
supporting information; experimental part, p. 1626 - 1639 (2011/06/17)
We describe herein the structure-activity relationship (SAR) and cocrystal structures of a series of Nek2 inhibitors derived from the published polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) inhibitor (R)-1. Our studies reveal a nonlinear SAR for Nek2 and our cocrystal structures show that compounds in this series bind to a DFG-out conformation of Nek2 without extending into the enlarged back pocket commonly found in this conformation. These observations were further investigated, and structure-based design led to Nek2 inhibitors derived from (R)-1 with more than a hundred-fold selectivity against Plk1.
Toward an understanding of the chemical etiology for DNA minor-groove recognition by polyamides
Marques, Michael A.,Doss, Raymond M.,Urbach, Adam R.,Dervan, Peter B.
, p. 4485 - 4517 (2007/10/03)
Crescent-shaped polyamides composed of aromatic amino acids, i.e., 1-methyl-1H-imidazole Im, 1-methyl-1H-pyrrole Py, and 3-hydroxy-1H-pyrrole Hp, bind in the minor groove of DNA as 2:1 and 1:1 ligand/DNA complexes. DNA-Sequence specificity can be attributed to shape-selective recognition and the unique corners or pairs of corners presented by each heterocycle(s) to the edges of the base pairs on the floor of the minor groove. Here we examine the relationship between heterocycle structure and DNA-sequence specificity for a family of five-membered aromatic amino acids. By means of quantitative DNase-I footprinting, the recognition behavior of polyamides containing eight different aromatic amino acids, i.e., 1-methyl-1H-pyrazole Pz, 1H-pyrrole Nh, 5-methylthiazole Nt, 4-methylthiazole Th, 3-methylthiophene Tn, thiophene Tp, 3-hydroxythiophene Ht, and furan Fr, were compared with the polyamides containing the parent-ring amino acids Py, Im, and Hp for their ability to discriminate between the four Watson - Crick base pairs in the DNA minor groove. Analysis of the data and molecular modeling showed that the geometry inherent to each heterocycle plays a significant role in the ability of polyamides to differentiate between DNA sequences. Binding appears sensitive to changes in curvature complementarity between the polyamide and DNA. The Tn/Py pair affords a modest 3-fold discrimination of T · A vs. A · T and suggests that an S-atom in the thiophene ring prefers to lie opposite T not A.
