Potent inhibitors of farnesyltransferase and geranylgeranyltransferase-I

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2002 May 6;12(9):1269-73. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00154-3.

Abstract

Compound 1 has been shown to be a dual prenylation inhibitor with FPTase (IC50=2 nM) and GGPTase-I (IC50=95 nM). Analogues of 1, which replaced the cyanophenyl group with various biaryls, led to the discovery of highly potent dual FPTase/GGPTase-I inhibitors. 4-trifluoromethylphenyl, trifluoropentynyl, and trifluoropentyl were identified as good p-cyano replacements.

MeSH terms

  • Alkyl and Aryl Transferases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
  • geranylgeranyltransferase type-I
  • p21(ras) farnesyl-protein transferase