Small Molecule Antagonists of the Interaction between the Histone Deacetylase 6 Zinc-Finger Domain and Ubiquitin.
Harding, R.J., Ferreira de Freitas, R., Collins, P., Franzoni, I., Ravichandran, M., Ouyang, H., Juarez-Ornelas, K.A., Lautens, M., Schapira, M., von Delft, F., Santhakumar, V., Arrowsmith, C.H.(2017) J Med Chem 60: 9090-9096
- PubMed: 29019676 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00933
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
5B8D, 5KH3, 5KH7, 5KH9, 5WPB - PubMed Abstract: 
Inhibitors of HDAC6 have attractive potential in numerous cancers. HDAC6 inhibitors to date target the catalytic domains, but targeting the unique zinc-finger ubiquitin-binding domain (Zf-UBD) of HDAC6 may be an attractive alternative strategy. We developed X-ray crystallography and biophysical assays to identify and characterize small molecules capable of binding to the Zf-UBD and competing with ubiquitin binding. Our results revealed two adjacent ligand-able pockets of HDAC6 Zf-UBD and the first functional ligands for this domain.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Toronto , MaRS South Tower, Suite 700, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.