| Structural highlights
Function
M4K4_HUMAN Serine/threonine kinase that may play a role in the response to environmental stress and cytokines such as TNF-alpha. Appears to act upstream of the JUN N-terminal pathway. Phosphorylates SMAD1 on Thr-322.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
MAP4K4 has been shown to regulate key cellular processes that are tied to disease pathogenesis. In an effort to generate small molecule MAP4K4 inhibitors, a fragment-based screen was carried out and a pyrrolotriazine fragment with excellent ligand efficiency was identified. Further modification of this fragment guided by X-ray crystal structures and molecular modeling led to the discovery of a series of promising compounds with good structural diversity and physicochemical properties. These compounds exhibited single digit nanomolar potency and compounds 35 and 44 achieved good in vivo exposure.
Fragment-based identification and optimization of a class of potent pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine MAP4K4 inhibitors.,Wang L, Stanley M, Boggs JW, Crawford TD, Bravo BJ, Giannetti AM, Harris SF, Magnuson SR, Nonomiya J, Schmidt S, Wu P, Ye W, Gould SE, Murray LJ, Ndubaku CO, Chen H Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Aug 2. pii: S0960-894X(14)00795-1. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.071. PMID:25139565[3]
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References
- ↑ Yao Z, Zhou G, Wang XS, Brown A, Diener K, Gan H, Tan TH. A novel human STE20-related protein kinase, HGK, that specifically activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway. J Biol Chem. 1999 Jan 22;274(4):2118-25. PMID:9890973
- ↑ Kaneko S, Chen X, Lu P, Yao X, Wright TG, Rajurkar M, Kariya K, Mao J, Ip YT, Xu L. Smad inhibition by the Ste20 kinase Misshapen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 5;108(27):11127-32. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1104128108. Epub 2011 Jun 20. PMID:21690388 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1104128108
- ↑ Wang L, Stanley M, Boggs JW, Crawford TD, Bravo BJ, Giannetti AM, Harris SF, Magnuson SR, Nonomiya J, Schmidt S, Wu P, Ye W, Gould SE, Murray LJ, Ndubaku CO, Chen H. Fragment-based identification and optimization of a class of potent pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine MAP4K4 inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Aug 2. pii: S0960-894X(14)00795-1. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.071. PMID:25139565 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.071
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