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  2. Fragment-based Discovery of a Small-Molecule Protein Kinase C-iota Inhibitor Binding Post-kinase Domain Residues

Fragment-based Discovery of a Small-Molecule Protein Kinase C-iota Inhibitor Binding Post-kinase Domain Residues

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2019 Feb 15;10(3):318-323. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00546.
Jacek Kwiatkowski 1 Nithya Baburajendran 1 Anders Poulsen 1 Boping Liu 1 Doris Hui Ying Tee 1 Yun Xuan Wong 1 Zhi Ying Poh 1 Esther Hq Ong 1 Nurul Dinie 1 Joseph Cherian 1 Anna Elisabet Jansson 1 Jeffrey Hill 1 Thomas H Keller 1 Alvin W Hung 1
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  • 1 Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), 11 Biopolis Way, Helios #03-10/11, Singapore 138667, Singapore.
Abstract

The atypical protein kinase C-iota (PKC-ι) Enzyme is implicated in various cancers and has been put forward as an attractive target for developing Anticancer therapy. A high concentration biochemical screen identified pyridine fragment weakly inhibiting PKC-ι with IC50 = 424 μM. Driven by structure-activity relationships and guided by docking hypothesis, the weakly bound fragment was eventually optimized into a potent inhibitor of PKC-ι (IC50= 270 nM). Through the course of the optimization, an intermediate compound was crystallized with the protein, and careful analysis of the X-ray crystal structure revealed a unique binding mode involving the post-kinase domain (C-terminal tail) of PKC-ι.

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