Design and synthesis of protein kinase Cα activators based on ‘out of pocket’ interactions

Novel types of PKCα activators based on isobenzofuranone bearing a myo-inositol moiety were designed and synthesized. The derivatives with bulky substituents on the myo-inositol moiety significantly activated PKCα, but their binding sites were not the same as that of phorbol ester.

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