| Structural highlights
Function
[BACE1_HUMAN] Responsible for the proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Cleaves at the N-terminus of the A-beta peptide sequence, between residues 671 and 672 of APP, leads to the generation and extracellular release of beta-cleaved soluble APP, and a corresponding cell-associated C-terminal fragment which is later released by gamma-secretase.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The synthesis of a series of iminoheterocycles and their structure-activity relationships (SAR) as inhibitors of the aspartyl protease BACE1 will be detailed. An effort to access the S3 subsite directly from the S1 subsite initially yielded compounds with sub-micromolar potency. A subset of compounds from this effort unexpectedly occupied a different binding site and displayed excellent BACE1 affinities. Select compounds from this subset acutely lowered Abeta40 levels upon subcutaneous and oral administration to rats.
Discovery of potent iminoheterocycle BACE1 inhibitors.,Caldwell JP, Mazzola RD, Durkin J, Chen J, Chen X, Favreau L, Kennedy M, Kuvelkar R, Lee J, McHugh N, McKittrick B, Orth P, Stamford A, Strickland C, Voigt J, Wang L, Zhang L, Zhang Q, Zhu Z Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Oct 23;24(23):5455-5459. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.10.006. PMID:25455483[3]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
References
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- ↑ Okada H, Zhang W, Peterhoff C, Hwang JC, Nixon RA, Ryu SH, Kim TW. Proteomic identification of sorting nexin 6 as a negative regulator of BACE1-mediated APP processing. FASEB J. 2010 Aug;24(8):2783-94. doi: 10.1096/fj.09-146357. Epub 2010 Mar 30. PMID:20354142 doi:10.1096/fj.09-146357
- ↑ Caldwell JP, Mazzola RD, Durkin J, Chen J, Chen X, Favreau L, Kennedy M, Kuvelkar R, Lee J, McHugh N, McKittrick B, Orth P, Stamford A, Strickland C, Voigt J, Wang L, Zhang L, Zhang Q, Zhu Z. Discovery of potent iminoheterocycle BACE1 inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Oct 23;24(23):5455-5459. doi:, 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.10.006. PMID:25455483 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.10.006
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