Fragment growing and linking lead to novel nanomolar lactate dehydrogenase inhibitors.
Kohlmann, A., Zech, S.G., Li, F., Zhou, T., Squillace, R.M., Commodore, L., Greenfield, M.T., Lu, X., Miller, D.P., Huang, W.S., Qi, J., Thomas, R.M., Wang, Y., Zhang, S., Dodd, R., Liu, S., Xu, R., Xu, Y., Miret, J.J., Rivera, V., Clackson, T., Shakespeare, W.C., Zhu, X., Dalgarno, D.C.(2013) J.Med.Chem. 56: 1023-1040
- PubMed: 23302067 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm3014844
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Lactate dehydrogenase A (LDH-A) catalyzes the interconversion of lactate and pyruvate in the glycolysis pathway. Cancer cells rely heavily on glycolysis instead of oxidative phosphorylation to generate ATP, a phenomenon known as the Warburg effect. T ...