Abstract：
:Rhomboid-family intramembrane proteases regulate important biological processes and have been associated with malaria, cancer, and Parkinson's disease. However, due to the lack of potent, selective, and pharmacologically compliant inhibitors, the wide therapeutic potential of rhomboids is currently untapped. Here, we bridge this gap by discovering that peptidyl α-ketoamides substituted at the ketoamide nitrogen by hydrophobic groups are potent rhomboid inhibitors active in the nanomolar range, surpassing the currently used rhomboid inhibitors by up to three orders of magnitude. Such peptidyl ketoamides show selectivity for rhomboids, leaving most human serine hydrolases unaffected. Crystal structures show that these compounds bind the active site of rhomboid covalently and in a substrate-like manner, and kinetic analysis reveals their reversible, slow-binding, non-competitive mechanism. Since ketoamides are clinically used pharmacophores, our findings uncover a straightforward modular way for the design of specific inhibitors of rhomboid proteases, which can be widely applicable in cell biology and drug discovery.
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Cell Chem Bioljournal_title
Cell chemical biologyauthors
Tichá A,Stanchev S,Vinothkumar KR,Mikles DC,Pachl P,Began J,Škerle J,Švehlová K,Nguyen MTN,Verhelst SHL,Johnson DC,Bachovchin DA,Lepšík M,Majer P,Strisovsky Kdoi
10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.09.007subject
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2017-12-21 00:00:00pages
1523-1536.e4issue
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2451-9456issn
2451-9448pii
S2451-9456(17)30351-3journal_volume
24pub_type
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