Martin, James S. published the artcileCharacterising covalent warhead reactivity, Safety of Picolinonitrile, the main research area is NMR covalent drug warhead kinetics; Covalent drug; Reactivity; Warhead.
Many drugs currently used are covalent inhibitors and irreversibly inhibit their targets. Most of these were discovered through serendipity. Covalent inhibitions can have many advantages from a pharmacokinetic perspective. However, until recently most organizations have shied away from covalent compound design due to fears of non-specific inhibition of off-target proteins leading to toxicity risks. However, there has been a renewed interest in covalent modifiers as potential drugs, as it possible to get highly selective compounds It is therefore important to know how reactive a warhead is and to be able to select the least reactive warhead possible to avoid toxicity. A robust NMR based assay was developed and used to measure the reactivity of a variety of covalent warheads against serine and cysteine – the two most common targets for covalent drugs. A selection of these warheads also had their reactivity measured against threonine, tyrosine, lysine, histidine and arginine to better understand our ability to target non-traditional residues. The reactivity was also measured at various pHs to assess what effect the environment in the active site would have on these reactions. The reactivity of a covalent modifier was found to be very dependent on the amino acid residue.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry published new progress about Covalent bond (covalent inhibitors). 100-70-9 belongs to class nitriles-buliding-blocks, name is Picolinonitrile, and the molecular formula is C6H4N2, Safety of Picolinonitrile.
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