Discovery of highly potent, selective, covalent inhibitors of JAK3
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A useful and novel set of tool molecules have been identified which bind irreversibly to the JAK3 active site cysteine residue. The design was based on crystal structure information and a comparative study of several electrophilic warheads.
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Covalent targeting of JAK3 Cys909 yields inhibitors selective for JAK3 over other JAK family members for autoimmune diseases.
“Covalent targeting of the non-conserved Cys909 of JAK3 has yielded inhibitors selective for JAK3 over other JAK family members for the treatment of autoimmune diseases77–81.”
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- Authors
- Kempson, J., Ovalle, D., Guo, J., Wrobleski, S. T., Lin, S., Spergel, S. H., Duan, J. J.-W., Jiang, B., Lu, Z., Das, J., Yang, B. V., Hynes, J., Wu, H., Tokarski, J., Sack, J. S., Khan, J., Schieven, G., Blatt, Y., Chaudhry, C., Salter-Cid, L. M., Fura, A., Barrish, J. C., Carter, P. H., & Pitts, W. J.
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kempson, James
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- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 4622-4625
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- 0960-894X (ISSN-L)
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- W2755443649
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- 17
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- 1.69
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and biological activity
- Keywords
- JAK3, covalent inhibitors, irreversible inhibition, active site cysteine, electrophilic warheads, kinase inhibitors
- MeSH terms
- Binding Sites, Cell Line, Cell Survival, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Humans, Structure-Activity Relationship, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Catalytic Domain, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Janus Kinase 1, Janus Kinase 2, Janus Kinase 3, Molecular Docking Simulation
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