Abstract
Many peptides bind to calmodulin (CaM) in a helical conformation. Here we describe a group of synthetic inhibitors of CaM based on an arylamide scaffold that is intended to mimic smMLCK, a CaM-binding helical peptide. Compound 1 showed a K i value of 7.10 ± 1.48 nM in a fluorescence polarization assay that monitors the strong association of CaM and its peptide ligand mastoparan X. ( 1H, 15N)-HSQC NMR spectroscopy experiments suggested that 1 binds to CaM in an analogous fashion to that of smMLCK.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-225 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Organic Letters |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 19 2006 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry