4gto
FTase in complex with BMS analogue 14
Structural highlights
FunctionFNTA_RAT Catalyzes the transfer of a farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl moiety from farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl pyrophosphate to a cysteine at the fourth position from the C-terminus of several proteins having the C-terminal sequence Cys-aliphatic-aliphatic-X. The alpha subunit is thought to participate in a stable complex with the substrate. The beta subunit binds the peptide substrate. Through RAC1 prenylation and activation may positively regulate neuromuscular junction development downstream of MUSK (By similarity). Publication Abstract from PubMedMembers of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases are frequently mutated in cancer. Therefore, inhibitors have been developed to address the acitivity of these GTPases by inhibiting their prenylating enzymes FTase, GGTase I, and RabGGTase. In contrast to FTase and GGTase I, only a handful of RabGGTase inhibitors have been developed. The most active RabGGTase inhibitor known until recently was an FTase inhibitor which hit RabGGTase as an off-target. We recently reported our efforts to tune the selectivity of these inhibitors toward RabGGTase. Here we describe an extended set of selective inhibitors. The requirements for selective RabGGTase inhibitors are described in detail, guided by multiple crystal structures. In order to relate in vitro and cellular activity, a high-throughput assay system to detect the attachment of [(3)H]geranylgeranyl groups to Rab was used. Selective RabGGTase inhibition allows the establishment of novel drug discovery programs aimed at the development of anticancer therapeutics. Development of Selective, Potent RabGGTase Inhibitors.,Stigter EA, Guo Z, Bon RS, Wu YW, Choidas A, Wolf A, Menninger S, Waldmann H, Blankenfeldt W, Goody RS J Med Chem. 2012 Oct 11;55(19):8330-40. doi: 10.1021/jm300624s. Epub 2012 Oct 3. PMID:22963166[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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