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ArticleNature communications2016

Irreversible inhibitors of the 3C protease of Coxsackie virus through templated assembly of protein-binding fragments.

Daniel Becker, Zuzanna Kaczmarska, Christoph Arkona, Robert Schulz, Carolin Tauber, Gerhard Wolber, Rolf Hilgenfeld, Miquel Coll, Jörg Rademann

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Daniel BeckerInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Zuzanna KaczmarskaInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Christoph ArkonaInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Robert SchulzInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Carolin TauberInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Gerhard WolberInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-0048
Rolf HilgenfeldInstitute of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.
Miquel CollInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Parc Científic de Barcelona, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Jörg RademannInstitute of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2+4, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Freie Universität Berlin · DEInstitute for Research in Biomedicine · ESGerman Center for Infection Research · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-molecule fragments binding to biomacromolecules can be starting points for the development of drugs, but are often difficult to detect due to low affinities. Here we present a strategy that identifies protein-binding fragments through their potential to induce the target-guided formation of covalently bound, irreversible enzyme inhibitors. A protein-binding nucleophile reacts reversibly with a bis-electrophilic warhead, thereby positioning the second electrophile in close proximity of the active site of a viral protease, resulting in the covalent de-activation of the enzyme. The concept is implemented for Coxsackie virus B3 3C protease, a pharmacological target against enteroviral infections. Using an aldehyde-epoxide as bis-electrophile, active fragment combinations are validated through measuring the protein inactivation rate and by detecting covalent protein modification in mass spectrometry. The structure of one enzyme-inhibitor complex is determined by X-ray crystallography. The presented warhead activation assay provides potent non-peptidic, broad-spectrum inhibitors of enteroviral proteases.

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