Substrate analog inhibitors of HIV-1 protease containing phenylnorstatine as a transition state element |
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Authors: | B Raju M S Deshpande |
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Affiliation: | Rational Drug Design, Boston University Medical Center, MA 02118. |
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Abstract: | Substrates of HIV-1 protease are classified into three groups (A, B and C) based on the amino acid residues present at P1' and P2' sites. Replacement of the scissile amide bond by phenylnorstatine in representative substrate analog sequences from class A, B and C, yielded inhibitors of HIV-1 protease. Of the twelve inhibitors synthesized in this series, class C substrate analog inhibitors are more potent inhibitors (Ki's 3.3-24 microM) than either class A or class B inhibitors. In this series of inhibitors, the (2S,3S) isomer of phenylnorstatine is preferred over the other isomers as a "transition state element" for design of inhibitors of HIV-1 protease. |
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