Dual protein farnesyltransferase-geranylgeranyltransferase-I inhibitors as potential cancer chemotherapeutic agents

…, M Ellis-Hutchings, C Fernandes…

Index: DeSolms, S. Jane; Ciccarone, Terrence M.; MacTough, Suzanne C.; Shaw, Anthony W.; Buser, Carolyn A.; Ellis-Hutchings, Michelle; Fernandes, Christine; Hamilton, Kelly A.; Huber, Hans E.; Kohl, Nancy E.; Lobell, Robert B.; Robinson, Ronald G.; Tsou, Nancy N.; Walsh, Eileen S.; Graham, Samuel L.; Beese, Lorena S.; Taylor, Jeffrey S. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2003 , vol. 46, # 14 p. 2973 - 2984

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Abstract

A series of novel diaryl ether lactams have been identified as very potent dual inhibitors of protein farnesyltransferase (FTase) and protein geranylgeranyltransferase I (GGTase-I), enzymes involved in the prenylation of Ras. The structure of the complex formed between one of these compounds and FTase has been determined by X-ray crystallography. These compounds are the first reported to inhibit the prenylation of the important oncogene Ki- ...