title: Potent pseudosubstrate-based peptide inhibitors for p60(c-src) protein tyrosine kinase.
abstract: We recently reported the identification of GIYWHHY as an efficient and specific substrate for p60(c-src) protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) by screening a secondary random peptide library (Q. Lou et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem., 4: 677-682, 1996). Based on the primary structure of GIYWHHY, we designed and synthesized several pseudosubstrate-based peptide inhibitors. Some of these peptide inhibitors are highly potent and specific with IC50 in the low micromolar range. Because both YIYGSFK and GIYWHHY are efficient and specific substrates for p60(c-src) PTK, chimeric branched peptides based on these two sequences were synthesized. These branched peptides inhibit p60(c-src) PTK with high potency, indicating that the enzyme-active site of p60(c-src) PTK can accommodate more than a linear motif. This may explain why seemingly several peptides with very different linear structures can all be phosphorylated by this enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Leftwich
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rychetsky
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013698:Templates, Genetic
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009842:Oligopeptides; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)