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ID: ALA3739383

Journal: J Med Chem

Title: Cyanohydrin as an Anchoring Group for Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Enterovirus 71 3C Protease.

Authors: Zhai Y, Zhao X, Cui Z, Wang M, Wang Y, Li L, Sun Q, Yang X, Zeng D, Liu Y, Sun Y, Lou Z, Shang L, Yin Z.

Abstract: Cyanohydrin derivatives as enterovirus 71 (EV71) 3C protease (3C(pro)) inhibitors have been synthesized and assayed for their biochemical and antiviral activities. Compared with the reported inhibitors, cyanohydrins (1S,2S,2'S,5S)-16 and (1R,2S,2'S,5S)-16 exhibited significantly improved activity and attractive selectivity profiles against other proteases, which were a result of the specific interactions between the cyanohydrin moiety and the catalytic site of 3C(pro). Cyanohydrin as an anchoring group with high selectivity and excellent inhibitory activity represents a useful choice for cysteine protease inhibitors.

CiteXplore: 26571192

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01013