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  2. Broad spectrum antiprotozoal agents that inhibit histone deacetylase: structure-activity relationships of apicidin. Part 2

Broad spectrum antiprotozoal agents that inhibit histone deacetylase: structure-activity relationships of apicidin. Part 2

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2001 Jan 22;11(2):113-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00605-3.
S L Colletti 1 R W Myers S J Darkin-Rattray A M Gurnett P M Dulski S Galuska J J Allocco M B Ayer C Li J Lim T M Crumley C Cannova D M Schmatz M J Wyvratt M H Fisher P T Meinke
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. steve_colletti@merck.com
Abstract

Recently isolated at Merck, apicidin inhibits both mammalian and protozoan histone deacetylases (HDACs). The conversion of apicidin, a nonselective nanomolar inhibitor of HDACs, into a series of picomolar indole-modified and parasite-selective tryptophan-replacement analogues is described within this structure-activity study.

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