The central valine concept provides an entry in a new class of non peptide inhibitors of the p53-MDM2 interaction.
Furet, P., Chene, P., De Pover, A., Valat, T.S., Lisztwan, J.H., Kallen, J., Masuya, K.(2012) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 22: 3498-3502
- PubMed: 22507962 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.03.083
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4DIJ - PubMed Abstract: 
Disrupting the interaction between the p53 tumor suppressor and its regulator MDM2 is a promising therapeutic strategy in anticancer drug research. In our search for non peptide inhibitors of this protein-protein interaction, we have devised a ligand ...