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SUBMITTER: Singh RK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3171571 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Raushan K RK Mandal Tanmay T Balsubramanian Narayanaganesh N Viaene Tajae T Leedahl Travis T Sule Nitesh N Cook Gregory G Srivastava D K DK
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20110804 19
We report, for the first time, that certain N-acetylthiourea derivatives serve as highly potent and isozyme selective activators for the recombinant form of human histone deacetylase-8 in the assay system containing Fluor-de-Lys as a fluorescent substrate. The experimental data reveals that such activating feature is manifested via decrease in the K(m) value of the enzyme's substrate and increase in the catalytic turnover rate of the enzyme. ...[more]