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Identifying Inhibitors of the HBx-DDB1 Interaction Using a Split Luciferase Assay System
Published on: December 21, 2019
Privileged scaffolds for blocking protein-protein interactions: 1,4-disubstituted naphthalene antagonists of
Tao Ji1, Madison Lee, Steven C Pruitt
1Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
Abstract:
Structure-based-design studies, with the crystal structure of the HOXB1-PBX1/DNA transcription factor complex, were used to identify 1,4-disubstituted naphthalenes as potential antagonists. An initial library of 32 analogs was synthesized, two of which were found to be more potent than the reported activity for a 12 amino acid peptide antagonist. Antagonists were also identified of the related BRN1/DNA and BRN2/DNA transcription factor complexes indicating that a 1,4-disubstituted naphthalene may be a privileged scaffold for preparing screening libraries targeting this family of transcription factor complexes.
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