Minimal structural requirements for diglyceride-site directed activators of protein kinase C
Minimal structural requirements for diglyceride-site directed activators of protein kinase C
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DOI:
10.1016/s0040-4020(97)00346-3
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发表时间:
1997-07-21
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Rando, RR
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作者:
Marom, M;Parish, CA;Rando, RR
The important regulatory enzyme protein kinase C is physiologically activated by the interaction of (S)-diglycerides with its regulatory domain. This interaction can he mimicked by the structurally diverse tumor promoters, which share, along with the diglycerides, the common structural feature of three hydrophilic atoms at the vertices of a triangle with sides of approximately 6 Angstrom. It is shown in this article that molecules with the same triangular arrangement of hydrophillic atoms but with shorter sides can also activate PKC. S-Farnesylthiotriazole (FTT) is a heterocyclic molecule previously shown to specifically activate PKC. In the work reported here, structure-activity studies in the FTT series reveal that three hydrophilic atoms are required for activation, and that the minimal activation unit is close to an equilateral triangle with sides of between 2.4 - 2.7 Angstrom. This demonstrates that there is an unanticipated flexibility at the PKC regulatory site. The intermolecular activation model based on structural analysis of the tumor promoters may represent the maximum distances allowed between the hydrophilic atoms of a PKC activator. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.