275807-75-5Relevant articles and documents
Dual protein farnesyltransferase-geranylgeranyltransferase-I inhibitors as potential cancer chemotherapeutic agents
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.
, p. 2973 - 2984 (2007/10/03)
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-Ras4B in vivo. Unfortunately, doses sufficient to achieve this endpoint were rapidly lethal.
