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SUBMITTER: Hsu KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3513945 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hsu Ku-Lung KL Tsuboi Katsunori K Adibekian Alexander A Pugh Holly H Masuda Kim K Cravatt Benjamin F BF
Nature chemical biology 20121028 12
The endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) is biosynthesized by diacylglycerol lipases DAGLα and DAGLβ. Chemical probes to perturb DAGLs are needed to characterize endocannabinoid function in biological processes. Here we report a series of 1,2,3-triazole urea inhibitors, along with paired negative-control and activity-based probes, for the functional analysis of DAGLβ in living systems. Optimized inhibitors showed high selectivity for DAGLβ over other serine hydrolases, including DAGLα ( ...[more]