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Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society (BKCS)

ISSN 0253-2964(Print)
ISSN 1229-5949(Online)
Volume 33, Number 11
BKCSDE 33(11)
November 20, 2012 

 
Title
Virtual Screening and Biochemical Evaluation of Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Phosphatase 4 Inhibitors
Author
Hwangseo Park*, Jeong-Yi Jeon, Seong Eon Ryu*
Keywords
Virtual screening, Docking, MKP4, Inhibitor, Antidiabetic agents
Abstract
Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase 4 (MKP4) has proved to be a promising target for the development of therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes and the other metabolic diseases. Here, we report an example for a successful application of the structure-based virtual screening to identify three novel inhibitors of MKP4. These inhibitors have desirable physicochemical properties as a drug candidate and reveal a moderate potency with IC50 values ranging from 4.9 to 32.3 μM. Therefore, they deserve consideration for further development by structure-activity relationship studies to optimize the inhibitory and antidiabetic activities. Structural features relevant to the stabilization of the newly identified inhibitors in the active site of MKP4 are discussed in detail.
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3772 - 3776
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