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SUBMITTER: Cohen MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641834 | biostudies-literature | 2005 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohen Michael S MS Zhang Chao C Shokat Kevan M KM Taunton Jack J
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20050501 5726
The active sites of 491 human protein kinase domains are highly conserved, which makes the design of selective inhibitors a formidable challenge. We used a structural bioinformatics approach to identify two selectivity filters, a threonine and a cysteine, at defined positions in the active site of p90 ribosomal protein S6 kinase (RSK). A fluoromethylketone inhibitor, designed to exploit both selectivity filters, potently and selectively inactivated RSK1 and RSK2 in mammalian cells. Kinases with ...[more]