Cyanobacterial Peptides as a Prototype for the Design of Potent beta-Secretase Inhibitors and the Development of Selective Chemical Probes for Other Aspartic Proteases
Liu, Y., Zhang, W., Li, L., Salvador, L.A., Chen, T.T., Chen, W.Y., Felsenstein, K.M., Ladd, T.B., Price, A.R., Golde, T.E., He, J., Xu, Y.C., Li, Y., Luesch, H.(2012) J Med Chem 55: 10749-10765
- PubMed: 23181502 
- DOI: 10.1021/jm301630s
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3UQP, 3UQR, 4DV9, 4DVF, 4FGX - PubMed Abstract: 
Inspired by marine cyanobacterial natural products, we synthesized modified peptides with a central statine-core unit, characteristic for aspartic protease inhibition. A series of tasiamide B analogues inhibited BACE1, a therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease ...