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SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5150673 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Xiaozhou X Adwal Alaknanda A Turner Andrew G AG Callen David F DF Abell Andrew D AD
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20160913 12
Proteasome is a large proteinase complex that degrades proteins via its three catalytic activities. Among these activities, the "chymotrypsin-like" activity has emerged as the focus of drug discovery in cancer therapy. Here, we report new peptidomimetic boronates that are highly specific for the chymotrypsin-like catalytic activity of the proteasome. These new specific proteasome inhibitors were demonstrated to have higher in vitro potency and selective cytotoxicity for cancer cells compared to ...[more]