Discovery of a First-in-Class Inhibitor of the Histone Methyltransferase SETD2 Suitable for Preclinical Studies.
Lampe, J.W., Alford, J.S., Boriak-Sjodin, P.A., Brach, D., Cosmopoulos, K., Duncan, K.W., Eckley, S.T., Foley, M.A., Harvey, D.M., Motwani, V., Munchhof, M.J., Raimondi, A., Riera, T.V., Tang, C., Thomenius, M.J., Totman, J., Farrow, N.A.(2021) ACS Med Chem Lett 12: 1539-1545
- PubMed: 34671445 
- DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00272
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7LZB, 7LZD, 7LZF - PubMed Abstract: 
SET domain-containing protein 2 (SETD2), a histone methyltransferase, has been identified as a target of interest in certain hematological malignancies, including multiple myeloma. This account details the discovery of EPZ-719 , a novel and potent SETD2 inhibitor with a high selectivity over other histone methyltransferases ...