Covalent Lipid Pocket Ligands Targeting p38 alpha MAPK Mutants.
Buhrmann, M., Hardick, J., Weisner, J., Quambusch, L., Rauh, D.(2017) Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 56: 13232-13236
- PubMed: 28834017 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201706345
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5O8U, 5O8V - PubMed Abstract: 
A chemical genetic approach is presented to covalently target a unique lipid binding pocket in the protein kinase p38α, whose function is not yet known. Based on a series of cocrystal structures, a library of 2-arylquinazolines that were decorated with electrophiles were designed and synthesized to covalently target tailored p38α mutants containing artificially introduced cysteine residues. Matching protein-ligand pairs were identified by MS analysis and further validated by MS/MS studies and protein crystallography. The covalent ligands that emerged from this approach showed excellent selectivity towards a single p38α mutant and will be applicable as suitable probes in future studies of biological systems to dissect the function of the lipid pocket by means of pharmacological perturbations.
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 4a, 44227, Dortmund, Germany.
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