Identification and Characterization of a New Chemotype of Noncovalent SENP Inhibitors
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Abstract
Enzymes called SENPs catalyze both the maturation of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) precursors and removal of SUMO modifications, which regulate essential cellular functions such as cell cycle progression, DNA damage response, and intracellular trafficking. Some members, such as SENP1, are potential targets for developing cancer therapeutics. We searched for small molecule inhibitors of SENPs using in silico screening in conjunction with biochemical assays and identified a new chemotype of small molecule inhibitors that noncovalently inhibit SENPs. The inhibitors confer the noncompetitive inhibitory mechanism, as shown by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and quantitative enzyme kinetic analysis. The NMR data also provided evidence for substrate-assisted inhibitor binding, which indicates the need for caution in using artificial substrates for compound screening, as the inhibitory effects could be significantly different from using the physiological substrates. This finding also suggests the possibility of designing inhibitors for this class of enzymes that are tuned for substrate-specificity.
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