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SUBMITTER: Miller B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3932306 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Miller Bailey B Friedman Aaron J AJ Choi Hyukjae H Hogan James J McCammon J Andrew JA Hook Vivian V Gerwick William H WH
Journal of natural products 20131223 1
A number of marine natural products are potent inhibitors of proteases, an important drug target class in human diseases. Hence, marine cyanobacterial extracts were assessed for inhibitory activity to human cathepsin L. Herein, we have shown that gallinamide A potently and selectively inhibits the human cysteine protease cathepsin L. With 30 min of preincubation, gallinamide A displayed an IC50 of 5.0 nM, and kinetic analysis demonstrated an inhibition constant of ki = 9000 ± 260 M(-1) s(-1). Pr ...[more]