Optimization of Hydroxyethylamine Transition State Isosteres as Aspartic Protease Inhibitors by Exploiting Conformational Preferences.
Bueno, A.B., Agejas, J., Broughton, H., Dally, R., Durham, T.B., Espinosa, J.F., Gonzalez, R., Hahn, P.J., Marcos, A., Rodriguez, R., Sanz, G., Soriano, J.F., Timm, D., Vidal, P., Yang, H.C., McCarthy, J.R.(2017) J Med Chem 60: 9807-9820
- PubMed: 29088532 
- DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01304
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6BFW, 6BFX, 6BFE, 6BFD - PubMed Abstract: 
NMR conformational analysis of a hydroxyethylamine peptide isostere developed as an aspartic protease inhibitor shows that it is a flexible architecture. Cyclization to form pyrrolidines, piperidines, or morpholines results in a preorganization of th ...