Characterization of an aromatic trifluoromethyl ketone as a new warhead for covalently reversible kinase inhibitor design.
Zhang, Z., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Song, X., Tu, Z., Chen, Y., Zhang, Z., Ding, K.(2021) Bioorg Med Chem 50: 116457-116457
- PubMed: 34670167 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116457
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7VJL - PubMed Abstract: 
An aromatic trifluoromethyl ketone moiety was characterized as a new warhead for covalently reversible kinase inhibitor design to target the non-catalytic cysteine residue. Potent and selective covalently reversible inhibitors of FGFR4 kinase were successfully designed and synthesized by utilizing this new warhead. The binding mode of a representative inhibitor was fully characterized by using multiple technologies including MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, dialysis assay and X-ray crystallographic studies etc. This functional group was also successfully applied to discovery of a new JAK3 inhibitor, suggesting its potential application in designing other kinase inhibitors.
Organizational Affiliation: 
International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development, Ministry of Education (MOE) of PR China, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, 601 Huangpu Avenue West, Guangzhou 510632, China.