TY - JOUR
T1 - Conformationally Constrained Peptidomimetics as Inhibitors of the Protein Arginine Methyl Transferases
AU - Knuhtsen, Astrid
AU - Legrand, Baptiste
AU - Van der Poorten, Olivier
AU - Amblard, Muriel
AU - Martinez, Jean
AU - Ballet, Steven
AU - Kristensen, Jesper L
AU - Pedersen, Daniel Sejer
N1 - © 2016 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
PY - 2016/9/19
Y1 - 2016/9/19
N2 - Protein arginine N-methyl transferases (PRMTs) belong to a family of enzymes that modulate the epigenetic code through modifications of histones. In the present study, peptides emerging from a phage display screening were modified in the search for PRMT inhibitors through substitution with non-proteinogenic amino acids, N-alkylation of the peptide backbone, and incorporation of constrained dipeptide mimics. One of the modified peptides (23) showed an increased inhibitory activity towards several PRMTs in the low μm range and the conformational preference of this peptide was investigated and compared with the original hit using circular dichroism and NMR spectroscopy. Introducing two constrained tryptophan residue mimics (l-Aia) spaced by a single amino acid was found to induce a unique turn structure stabilized by a hydrogen bond and aromatic π-stacking interaction between the two l-Aia residues.
AB - Protein arginine N-methyl transferases (PRMTs) belong to a family of enzymes that modulate the epigenetic code through modifications of histones. In the present study, peptides emerging from a phage display screening were modified in the search for PRMT inhibitors through substitution with non-proteinogenic amino acids, N-alkylation of the peptide backbone, and incorporation of constrained dipeptide mimics. One of the modified peptides (23) showed an increased inhibitory activity towards several PRMTs in the low μm range and the conformational preference of this peptide was investigated and compared with the original hit using circular dichroism and NMR spectroscopy. Introducing two constrained tryptophan residue mimics (l-Aia) spaced by a single amino acid was found to induce a unique turn structure stabilized by a hydrogen bond and aromatic π-stacking interaction between the two l-Aia residues.
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201602518
DO - 10.1002/chem.201602518
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27515561
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 22
SP - 14022
EP - 14028
JO - Chemistry: A European Journal
JF - Chemistry: A European Journal
IS - 39
ER -