PMID: 19827834 , Related PDB ids: 3I4B, 3I5Z, 3I60

Authors:

Aronov AM, Tang Q, Martinez-Botella G, Bemis GW, Cao J, Chen G, Ewing NP, Ford PJ, Germann UA, Green J, Hale MR, Jacobs M, Janetka JW, Maltais F, Markland W, Namchuk MN, Nanthakumar S, Poondru S, Straub J, ter Haar E, Xie X

Title:

Structure-guided design of potent and selective pyrimidylpyrrole inhibitors of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) using conformational control.

Journal:

J Med Chem. 2009 Oct 22;52(20):6362-8.

Abstract:

The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signal transduction, an oncogenic pathway implicated in a variety of human cancers, is a key target in anticancer drug design. A novel series of pyrimidylpyrrole ERK inhibitors has been identified. Discovery of a conformational change for lead compound 2, when bound to ERK2 relative to antitarget GSK3, enabled structure-guided selectivity optimization, which led to the discovery of 11e, a potent, selective, and orally bioavailable inhibitor of ERK.