Identification of potent and selective TACE inhibitors via the S1 pocket.
Condon, J.S., Joseph-McCarthy, D., Levin, J.I., Lombart, H.G., Lovering, F.E., Sun, L., Wang, W., Xu, W., Zhang, Y.(2007) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 17: 34-39
- PubMed: 17064892 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.10.004
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2I47 - PubMed Abstract: 
By focusing on the P1 portion of the piperidine beta-sulfone ligands we identified a motif that induces selectivity and resulted in a series of TACE inhibitors that demonstrated excellent in vitro potency against isolated TACE enzyme and excellent selectivity over MMPs 1, 2, 9, 13, and 14.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Chemical and Screening Sciences, Wyeth Research, 200 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA.