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SUBMITTER: Sakamoto T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2531242 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sakamoto Takeshi T Cullen Matthew D MD Hartman Tracy L TL Watson Karen M KM Buckheit Robert W RW Pannecouque Christophe C De Clercq Erik E Cushman Mark M
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20070619 14
The alkenyldiarylmethanes (ADAMs) are a unique class of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) that are capable of inhibiting HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) through an allosteric mechanism. However, the potential usefulness of the ADAMs is limited by the presence of metabolically labile methyl ester moieties that are hydrolyzed by nonspecific esterases present in blood plasma, resulting in the formation of the inactive carboxylic acid metabolites. Therefore, to discover metab ...[more]