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  2. Biphenyl amide p38 kinase inhibitors 4: DFG-in and DFG-out binding modes

Biphenyl amide p38 kinase inhibitors 4: DFG-in and DFG-out binding modes

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Aug 1;18(15):4433-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.06.028.
Richard M Angell 1 Tony D Angell Paul Bamborough Mark J Bamford Chun-wa Chung Stuart G Cockerill Stephen S Flack Katherine L Jones Dramane I Laine Timothy Longstaff Steve Ludbrook Rosannah Pearson Kathryn J Smith Penny A Smee Don O Somers Ann L Walker
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Affiliation

  • 1 GlaxoSmithKline R&D, Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG1 2NY, UK.
Abstract

The biphenyl amides (BPAs) are a series of p38alpha MAP kinase inhibitors. Compounds are able to bind to the kinase in either the DFG-in or DFG-out conformation, depending on substituents. X-ray, binding, kinetic and cellular data are shown, providing the most detailed comparison to date between potent compounds from the same chemical series that bind to different p38alpha conformations. DFG-out-binding compounds could be made more potent than DFG-in-binding compounds by increasing their size. Unexpectedly, compounds that bound to the DGF-out conformation showed diminished selectivity. The kinetics of binding to the isolated Enzyme and the effects of compounds on cells were largely unaffected by the kinase conformation bound.

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