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- Title
High throughput screens yield small molecule inhibitors of Leishmania CRK3:CYC6 cyclin-dependent kinase.
- Authors
Walker, Roderick G; Thomson, Graeme; Malone, Kirk; Nowicki, Matthew W; Brown, Elaine; Blake, David G; Turner, Nicholas J; Walkinshaw, Malcolm D; Grant, Karen M; Mottram, Jeremy C
- Abstract
Leishmania species are parasitic protozoa that have a tightly controlled cell cycle, regulated by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). Cdc2-related kinase 3 (CRK3), an essential CDK in Leishmania and functional orthologue of human CDK1, can form an active protein kinase complex with Leishmania cyclins CYCA and CYC6. Here we describe the identification and synthesis of specific small molecule inhibitors of bacterially expressed Leishmania CRK3:CYC6 using a high throughput screening assay and iterative chemistry. We also describe the biological activity of the molecules against Leishmania parasites.
- Publication
PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 4, pe1033
- ISSN
1935-2735
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001033