Abstract
Protein-protein interactions play a major role in almost all biological pathways and thus, these interactions have a profound impact on the pathogenesis of diseases. The ability to modulate protein-protein interactions with small molecules is an important and rapidly growing area in the field of medicinal chemistry. One of the most common secondary protein structures that are involved in protein-protein interactions are α-helices. Thus, a common approach towards developing inhibitors of protein-protein interactions is to design non-peptidic small molecules that mimic the spatial orientations of the side chains of an α-helix. In this review, we will discuss a variety of small molecules including terephenyls, terephthalamides, benzamides, enaminones, benzoylureas, pyridines, imidazoles, thiazoles, pyridazines, piperazines, oxopiperazines and diphenylindanes that have been published from 2005-2010 as small molecule α- helical mimetics.
Keywords: α-helical mimetics, protein-protein interactions, benzoylurea, enaminone, non-peptidic, oxopiperazine, terephenyls, terephthalamides, heterocycles, benzamide, pyridazine, amphiphilic, hydrogen bond, hydrophilic
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Non-Peptidic α-Helical Mimetics as Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors
Volume: 18 Issue: 16
Author(s): M. B. Dewal and S. M. Firestine
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Keywords: α-helical mimetics, protein-protein interactions, benzoylurea, enaminone, non-peptidic, oxopiperazine, terephenyls, terephthalamides, heterocycles, benzamide, pyridazine, amphiphilic, hydrogen bond, hydrophilic
Abstract: Protein-protein interactions play a major role in almost all biological pathways and thus, these interactions have a profound impact on the pathogenesis of diseases. The ability to modulate protein-protein interactions with small molecules is an important and rapidly growing area in the field of medicinal chemistry. One of the most common secondary protein structures that are involved in protein-protein interactions are α-helices. Thus, a common approach towards developing inhibitors of protein-protein interactions is to design non-peptidic small molecules that mimic the spatial orientations of the side chains of an α-helix. In this review, we will discuss a variety of small molecules including terephenyls, terephthalamides, benzamides, enaminones, benzoylureas, pyridines, imidazoles, thiazoles, pyridazines, piperazines, oxopiperazines and diphenylindanes that have been published from 2005-2010 as small molecule α- helical mimetics.
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B. Dewal M. and M. Firestine S., Non-Peptidic α-Helical Mimetics as Protein-Protein Interaction Inhibitors, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2011; 18 (16) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986711795843227
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986711795843227 |
Print ISSN 0929-8673 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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