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ID: ALA4342482

Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett

Title: Regioisomeric Family of Novel Fluorescent Substrates for SHIP2.

Authors: White G, Prior C, Mills SJ, Baker K, Whitfield H, Riley AM, Oganesyan VS, Potter BVL, Brearley CA.

Abstract: SHIP2 (SH2-domain containing inositol 5-phosphatase type 2) is a canonical 5-phosphatase, which, through its catalytic action on PtdInsP3, regulates the PI3K/Akt pathway and metabolic action of insulin. It is a drug target, but there is limited evidence of inhibition of SHIP2 by small molecules in the literature. With the goal to investigate inhibition, we report a homologous family of synthetic, chromophoric benzene phosphate substrates of SHIP2 that display the headgroup regiochemical hallmarks of the physiological inositide substrates that have proved difficult to crystallize with 5-phosphatases. Using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT), we explore the intrinsic fluorescence of these novel substrates and show how fluorescence can be used to assay enzyme activity. The TD-DFT approach promises to inform rational design of enhanced active site probes for the broadest family of inositide-binding/metabolizing proteins, while maintaining the regiochemical properties of bona fide inositide substrates.

CiteXplore: 32184962

DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00368