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Current Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8673
ISSN (Online): 1875-533X

Mechanism-Based Inhibition of Zinc Proteases

Author(s): Dong H. Kim and Shahriar Mobashery

Volume 8, Issue 8, 2001

Page: [959 - 965] Pages: 7

DOI: 10.2174/0929867013372805

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Abstract

The functions of zinc proteases have been implicated in a host of physiological and pathological processes in living organisms. Mechanism-based inhibitors are highly sought as biologically active molecules that afford high selectivity in targeting specific enzymes. Mechanism-based inhibitors for zinc-dependent proteases have been developed in the past several years. These inhibitors exploit the chemistry inherent to transition metals in their mechanisms of enzyme inhibition. These efforts have been reviewed in this manuscript.

Keywords: Inhibition of Zinc Proteases, carboxypeptidase A CPA, Epoxide-containing Inhibitors


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