Diameter Is a Key 3D Characteristic for Assessments of Efficient Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions.

Three-dimensional (3D) molecular descriptors, including physicochemical and shape properties, for protein-protein interaction (PPI) interface inhibitors have become a topic of discussion. However, the relationships between such properties and binding free energy have not been adequately investigated. In this study, we focused on identifying key 3D molecular descriptors related to the binding free energy and/or the ligand efficiency (LE) of PPI interface inhibitors.

An Intriguing Correlation Based on the Superimposition of Residue Pairs with Inhibitors that Target Protein-Protein Interfaces.

Druggable sites on protein-protein interfaces are difficult to predict. To survey inhibitor-binding sites onto which residues are superimposed at protein-protein interfaces, we analyzed publicly available information for 39 inhibitors that target the protein-protein interfaces of 8 drug targets. By focusing on the differences between residues that were superimposed with inhibitors and non-superimposed residues, we observed clear differences in the distances and changes in the solvent-accessible surface areas (∆SASA).

Molecular recognition of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds using aluminum tris(2,6-diphenylphenoxide) (ATPH): structural and conformational analysis of ATPH complexes and application to the selective vinylogous aldol reaction.

Various alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds were coordinated with aluminum tris(2,6-diphenylphenoxide) (ATPH) to give the corresponding Lewis acid-base complexes in a distinctive coordination fashion (selective coordination). ATPH recognizes carbonyl substrates and subsequently orients itself as it forms a stable complex through selective coordination with the carbonyl oxygen. Selective coordination also confers a conformational preference to each carbonyl compound under the steric and electronic influence of ATPH, which enables the vinylogous aldol reaction of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to give the corresponding gamma-aldol products with different regio- and stereoselectivities.

Synthesis of (-)-TAN-2483A. Revision of the structures and syntheses of (+/-)-FD-211 (waol A) and (+/-)-FD-212 (waol B).

[structure: see text] The structure of waol A has been revised from 1 to 6, the vinylogue of TAN-2483 A (5). Aldol reaction of 10b(c) with 2,4-hexadienal (11) affords 9b(c), which is subjected to iodoetherification with bis(sym-collidine)IPF(6) to provide 8b(c). Treatment with Et(3)N in CH(2)Cl(2) completes three-step syntheses of TAN-2483A (5) and waol A (6).