Small molecules inhibit the interaction of Nrf2 and the Keap1 Kelch domain through a non-covalent mechanism.
Marcotte, D., Zeng, W., Hus, J.C., McKenzie, A., Hession, C., Jin, P., Bergeron, C., Lugovskoy, A., Enyedy, I., Cuervo, H., Wang, D., Atmanene, C., Roecklin, D., Vecchi, M., Vivat, V., Kraemer, J., Winkler, D., Hong, V., Chao, J., Lukashev, M., Silvian, L.(2013) Bioorg Med Chem 21: 4011-4019
- PubMed: 23647822 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.04.019
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4IN4, 4IQK - PubMed Abstract: 
Keap1 binds to the Nrf2 transcription factor to promote its degradation, resulting in the loss of gene products that protect against oxidative stress. While cell-active small molecules have been identified that modify cysteines in Keap1 and effect the Nr ...