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SUBMITTER: Smith GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3352981 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Garry R GR Caglič Dejan D Capek Petr P Zhang Yan Y Godbole Sujata S Reitz Allen B AB Dickerson Tobin J TJ
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20120411 11
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) are the most toxic proteins known to man, exposure to which results in flaccid paralysis. Given their extreme potency, these proteins have become studied as possible weapons of bioterrorism; however, effective treatments that function after intoxication have not progressed to the clinic. Here, we have reexamined one of the most effective inhibitors, 2,4-dichlorocinnamyl hydroxamate, in the context of the known plasticity of the BoNT/A light chain metalloprotease. Ou ...[more]