title: Analogues of the Natural Product Sinefungin as Inhibitors of EHMT1 and EHMT2.
abstract: A series of analogues of the natural product sinefungin lacking the amino acid moiety was synthesized and probed for their ability to inhibit EHMT1 and EHMT2. This study led to inhibitors 3b and 4d of methyltransferase activity of EHMT1 and EHMT2 and it demonstrates that such analogues constitute an interesting scaffold to develop selective methyltransferase inhibitors. Surprisingly, the inhibition was not competitive toward AdoMet.
authors.affiliation: The NNF Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen , Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark ; Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kanchan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Devkota
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lohse
authors.affiliation: The National Center for Drug Screening and the Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The National Center for Drug Screening and the Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201203, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Wei
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stærk
authors.affiliation: The NNF Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen , Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berthelsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen , Universitetsparken 2, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rasmus Prætorius
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Clausen
keywords: EHMT1; EHMT2; Sinefungin; methyltransferase inhibitors