Emerging and Re-emerging Warheads for Targeted Covalent Inhibitors: An Update

L Hillebrand, XJ Liang, RAM Serafim… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Covalent inhibitors and other types of covalent modalities have seen a revival in the past two
decades, with a variety of new targeted covalent drugs having been approved in recent …

Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction as an excellent tool in the synthesis of fluoro-containing biologically important compounds

M Bilska-Markowska, M Kaźmierczak - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Selective introduction of a double bond motif into a multifunctional organic compound is
always a big challenge. The Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction is one of the most …

Design, Synthesis, and Mechanistic Studies of (R)-3-Amino-5,5-difluorocyclohex-1-ene-1-carboxylic Acid as an Inactivator of Human Ornithine Aminotransferase

AN Devitt, AL Vargas, W Zhu, BJ Des Soye… - ACS Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Human ornithine aminotransferase (h OAT), a pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent
enzyme, has been shown to play an essential role in the metabolic reprogramming and …

Synthesis of (2R,4S)-4-Amino-5-hydroxybicyclo[3.1.1]heptane-2-carboxylic Acid via an Asymmetric Intramolecular Mannich Reaction

AO Dukes, PM Weerawarna, AN Devitt… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Inhibition of human ornithine aminotransferase interferes with glutamine and proline
metabolism in hepatocellular carcinoma, depriving tumors of essential nutrients. A proposed …

Biochemical Studies on Human Ornithine Aminotransferase Support a Cell-Based Enzyme Replacement Therapy in the Gyrate Atrophy of the Choroid and Retina

G Pampalone, D Chiasserini, F Pierigè… - International …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina (GACR) is a rare genetic disease for which no
definitive cure is available. GACR is due to the deficit of ornithine aminotransferase (hOAT) …

Structural and Mechanistic Basis for the Inactivation of Human Ornithine Aminotransferase by (3S,4S)-3-Amino-4-fluorocyclopentenecarboxylic Acid

S Shen, A Butrin, BA Beaupre, GM Ferreira… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ornithine aminotransferase (OAT) is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and
we previously showed that inactivation of OAT inhibits the growth of HCC. Recently, we …

Ornithine aminotransferase and carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 involved in ammonia metabolism serve as novel targets for early stages of gastric cancer

Z Jiang, C Wei, Y Luo, Y Xiao, L Wang… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The sensitivity and specificity of current biomarkers for gastric cancer were
insufficient. The aim of the present study was to screen novel biomarkers and determine the …

Molecular docking and DFT study of 4-difluoromethyl pyrazole derivatives as cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor

MTN Khan, R Hussain, A Mubarik, MDS Haider… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
We applied molecular docking simulations and DFT to examine the binding interactions of 4-
difluoromethyl pyrazole derivatives (3a-3h). We assessed the potential binding mechanisms …

Progress Toward the Enantioselective Synthesis of Corynoxine and Relevant Analogues Design, Synthesis, and Investigation of Novel Mechanism-Based Inactivators …

AN Devitt - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Natural products and natural product analogs play a key role in drug discovery. Natural
products are a broad range of small molecules, from basic building blocks like amino acids …