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Assays for Validating Histone Acetyltransferase Inhibitors
Published on: August 6, 2020
Chemical biology of histone acetyltransferase natural compounds modulators
Fabrizio Dal Piaz1, Antonio Vassallo, Osmany Cuesta Rubio
1Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084, Fisciano (SA), Italy.
Abstract:
Histone acetyltransferases (HATs) are a class of epigenetic enzymes crucial for chromatin restructuring and transcriptional regulation in eukaryotic cells, thus being a promising target for therapeutic development. Nonetheless, differently from histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitors, there is still paucity of small-molecule modulators of HAT activity. After a decline during past decade, natural products and their derivatives could be once again a valuable tool in the lead discovery process and meet such need of Novel Chemical Entities (NCEs). In this review, we will provide a comprehensive summary on the discovery of small-molecule HAT modulators from naturally occurring molecular scaffolds.
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