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SUBMITTER: Bruno PA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5587901 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bruno Paul A PA Morriss-Andrews Alex A Henderson Andrew R AR Brooks Charles L CL Mapp Anna K AK
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20161028 48
Aberrant canonical NF-κB signaling is implicated in diseases from autoimmune disorders to cancer. A major therapeutic challenge is the need for selective inhibition of the canonical pathway without impacting the many non-canonical NF-κB functions. Here we show that a selective peptide-based inhibitor of canonical NF-κB signaling, in which a hydrogen bond in the NBD peptide is synthetically replaced by a non-labile bond, shows an about 10-fold increased potency relative to the original inhibitor. ...[more]