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SUBMITTER: Mallari JP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762491 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mallari Jeremy P JP Shelat Anang A AA Kosinski Aaron A Caffrey Conor R CR Connelly Michele M Zhu Fangyi F McKerrow James H JH Guy R Kiplin RK
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20091001 20
The trypanosomal cathepsin TbcatB is essential for parasite survival and is an attractive therapeutic target. Herein we report the structure-guided development of TbcatB inhibitors with specificity relative to rhodesain and human cathepsins B and L. Inhibitors were tested for enzymatic activity, trypanocidal activity, and general cytotoxicity. These data chemically validate TbcatB as a drug target and demonstrate that it is possible to potently and selectively inhibit TbcatB relative to trypanos ...[more]