Structural highlights
Function
[COMT_HUMAN] Catalyzes the O-methylation, and thereby the inactivation, of catecholamine neurotransmitters and catechol hormones. Also shortens the biological half-lives of certain neuroactive drugs, like L-DOPA, alpha-methyl DOPA and isoproterenol.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
3-Hydroxy-4-pyridinones and 5-hydroxy-4-pyrimidinones were identified as inhibitors of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) in a high-throughput screen. These heterocyclic catechol mimics exhibit potent inhibition of the enzyme and an improved toxicity profile versus the marketed nitrocatechol inhibitors tolcapone and entacapone. Optimization of the series was aided by X-ray cocrystal structures of the novel inhibitors in complex with COMT and cofactors SAM and Mg(2+). The crystal structures suggest a mechanism of inhibition for these heterocyclic inhibitors distinct from previously disclosed COMT inhibitors.
Synthesis and Evaluation of Heterocyclic Catechol Mimics as Inhibitors of Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT).,Harrison ST, Poslusney MS, Mulhearn JJ, Zhao Z, Kett NR, Schubert JW, Melamed JY, Allison TJ, Patel SB, Sanders JM, Sharma S, Smith RF, Hall DL, Robinson RG, Sachs NA, Hutson PH, Wolkenberg SE, Barrow JC ACS Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 26;6(3):318-23. doi: 10.1021/ml500502d. eCollection, 2015 Mar 12. PMID:25815153[1]
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References
- ↑ Harrison ST, Poslusney MS, Mulhearn JJ, Zhao Z, Kett NR, Schubert JW, Melamed JY, Allison TJ, Patel SB, Sanders JM, Sharma S, Smith RF, Hall DL, Robinson RG, Sachs NA, Hutson PH, Wolkenberg SE, Barrow JC. Synthesis and Evaluation of Heterocyclic Catechol Mimics as Inhibitors of Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). ACS Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 26;6(3):318-23. doi: 10.1021/ml500502d. eCollection, 2015 Mar 12. PMID:25815153 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ml500502d
