Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1370976 | Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
We describe the application of ligand based virtual screening technologies towards the discovery of novel plasmepsin (PM) inhibitors, a family of malarial parasitic aspartyl proteases. Pharmacophore queries were used to screen vendor libraries in search of active and selective compounds. The virtual hits were biologically assessed for activity and selectivity using whole cell Plasmodium falciparum parasites and on target in PM II, PM IV and the closely related human homologue, Cathepsin D assays. Here we report the virtual screening highlights, structures of the hits and their demonstrated biological activity.
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Authors
Paul B McKay, Martin B. Peters, Giorgio Carta, Christopher T. Flood, Enda Dempsey, Angus Bell, Colin Berry, David G. Lloyd, Darren Fayne,