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SUBMITTER: Ghosh AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3800042 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghosh Arun K AK Parham Garth L GL Martyr Cuthbert D CD Nyalapatla Prasanth R PR Osswald Heather L HL Agniswamy Johnson J Wang Yuan-Fang YF Amano Masayuki M Weber Irene T IT Mitsuya Hiroaki H
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20130815 17
The design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a series of HIV-1 protease inhibitors incorporating stereochemically defined fused tricyclic P2 ligands are described. Various substituent effects were investigated to maximize the ligand-binding site interactions in the protease active site. Inhibitors 16a and 16f showed excellent enzyme inhibitory and antiviral activity, although the incorporation of sulfone functionality resulted in a decrease in potency. Both inhibitors 16a and 16f maintain ...[more]