Structure-Function Relationships of Covalent and Non-Covalent BTK Inhibitors
(2021) In Frontiers in Immunology 12.- Abstract
Low-molecular weight chemical compounds have a longstanding history as drugs. Target specificity and binding efficiency represent major obstacles for small molecules to become clinically relevant. Protein kinases are attractive cellular targets; however, they are challenging because they present one of the largest protein families and share structural similarities. Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase, has received much attention as a promising target for the treatment of B-cell malignancies and more recently autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Here we describe the structural properties and binding modes of small-molecule BTK inhibitors, including irreversible and reversible inhibitors. Covalently... (More)
Low-molecular weight chemical compounds have a longstanding history as drugs. Target specificity and binding efficiency represent major obstacles for small molecules to become clinically relevant. Protein kinases are attractive cellular targets; however, they are challenging because they present one of the largest protein families and share structural similarities. Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase, has received much attention as a promising target for the treatment of B-cell malignancies and more recently autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Here we describe the structural properties and binding modes of small-molecule BTK inhibitors, including irreversible and reversible inhibitors. Covalently binding compounds, such as ibrutinib, acalabrutinib and zanubrutinib, are discussed along with non-covalent inhibitors fenebrutinib and RN486. The focus of this review is on structure-function relationships.
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- author
- Zain, Rula and Vihinen, Mauno LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- acalabrutinib, BTK inhibitors, covalent and non-covalent binding, fenebrutinib, ibrutinib, protein-inhibitor interactions, structure-function relationship, zanubrutinib
- in
- Frontiers in Immunology
- volume
- 12
- article number
- 694853
- publisher
- Frontiers Media S. A.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85111904264
- pmid:34349760
- ISSN
- 1664-3224
- DOI
- 10.3389/fimmu.2021.694853
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 2e143075-23fe-472b-92ac-27ec6e521c67
- date added to LUP
- 2021-09-01 14:37:22
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