title: Potent inhibitor of N-myristoylation: a novel molecular target for cancer.
abstract: N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) is an essential eukaryotic enzyme that catalyzes the cotranslational and/or posttranslational transfer of myristate to the NH(2) terminus of the glycine residue of a number of important proteins that have diverse biological functions and thus have been proposed as potential targets for chemotherapeutic drug design. Earlier, we demonstrated that NMT is more active in colonic epithelial neoplasms than in corresponding normal-appearing colonic tissue. Furthermore, an increased expression of NMT was also observed in gallbladder carcinoma. In the present study, we report a novel protein inhibitor of NMT. This protein caused a potent concentration-dependent inhibition of human NMT with half-maximal inhibition at 4.5 +/- 0.35 nM. This study will serve as a template for further investigations in the area of protein myristoylation.
authors: Department of Pathology and Saskatoon Cancer Center, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 20 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 4H4, Canada.
authors: Anuraag
authors: A
authors: Shrivastav
authors: Mohammed K
authors: MK
authors: Pasha
authors: Ponniah
authors: P
authors: Selvakumar
authors: Sweta
authors: S
authors: Gowda
authors: Douglas J H
authors: DJ
authors: Olson
authors: Andrew R S
authors: AR
authors: Ross
authors: Jonathan R
authors: JR
authors: Dimmock
authors: Rajendra K
authors: RK
authors: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000217:Acyltransferases; C050480:glycylpeptide N-tetradecanoyltransferase; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase