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SUBMITTER: Tong Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4291713 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20140806 1
Aided by molecular modeling, compounds with a pyrimidine-based tricyclic scaffold were designed and confirmed to inhibit Wee1 kinase. Structure-activity studies identified key pharmacophores at the aminoaryl and halo-benzene regions responsible for binding affinity with sub-nM K i values. The potent inhibitors demonstrated sub-μM activities in both functional and mechanism-based cellular assays and also possessed desirable pharmacokinetic profiles. The lead molecule, 31, showed oral efficacy in ...[more]