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SUBMITTER: Tuttle JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4027135 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20121024 1
A series of aryl hydroxamates recently have been disclosed as irreversible inhibitors of kynurenine amino transferase II (KAT II), an enzyme that may play a role in schizophrenia and other psychiatric and neurological disorders. The utilization of structure-activity relationships (SAR) in conjunction with X-ray crystallography led to the discovery of hydroxamate 4, a disubstituted analogue that has a significant potency enhancement due to a novel interaction with KAT II. The use of k inact/K i t ...[more]