Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: This work describes an approach to identify β-secretase 1 (BACE1) fragment binders. Assays, NMR and crystallographic studies with the soluble domain of BACE1 identified a unique binding mode for compound 12, a fragment that still occupies the active site while not making any interactions with catalytic Aspartic acid residues [1]. The very low IC50 of 0.5 mM is a consequence of being a fragment but this is unusual in having a PDB crystal structure 5MXD showing the novel active site interactions.
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1. Rombouts FJR, Alexander R, Cleiren E, De Groot A, Carpentier M, Dijkmans J, Fierens K, Masure S, Moechars D, Palomino-Schätzlein M et al.. (2017)
Fragment Binding to β-Secretase 1 without Catalytic Aspartate Interactions Identified via Orthogonal Screening Approaches. ACS Omega, 2 (2): 685-697. [PMID:28626832] |