Peptide based interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) inhibitors: synthesis, structure activity relationships and crystallographic study of the ICE-inhibitor complex.
Okamoto, Y., Anan, H., Nakai, E., Morihira, K., Yonetoku, Y., Kurihara, H., Sakashita, H., Terai, Y., Takeuchi, M., Shibanuma, T., Isomura, Y.(1999) Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 47: 11-21
- PubMed: 9987822 
- DOI: 10.1248/cpb.47.11
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1BMQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Based on the X-ray structure of the complex of Ac-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp-H (L-709049) and interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE), we synthesized compounds which were derived from 2-NapCO-Val-Pro-Asp-CH2OPh (1) to obtain a potent inhibitor in the cell assay. ...