PMID: 20137931

Authors:

Meyers MJ, Pelc M, Kamtekar S, Day J, Poda GI, Hall MK, Michener ML, Reitz BA, Mathis KJ, Pierce BS, Parikh MD, Mischke DA, Long SA, Parlow JJ, Anderson DR, Thorarensen A

Title:

Structure-based drug design enables conversion of a DFG-in binding CSF-1R kinase inhibitor to a DFG-out binding mode.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2010 Mar 1;20(5):1543-7. Epub 2010 Jan 21.

Abstract:

The work described herein demonstrates the utility of structure-based drug design (SBDD) in shifting the binding mode of an HTS hit from a DFG-in to a DFG-out binding mode resulting in a class of novel potent CSF-1R kinase inhibitors suitable for lead development.