Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Selective inhibition of the kinase DYRK1A by targeting its folding process

  • Isao Kii,
  • Yuto Sumida,
  • Toshiyasu Goto,
  • Rie Sonamoto,
  • Yukiko Okuno,
  • Suguru Yoshida,
  • Tomoe Kato-Sumida,
  • Yuka Koike,
  • Minako Abe,
  • Yosuke Nonaka,
  • Teikichi Ikura,
  • Nobutoshi Ito,
  • Hiroshi Shibuya,
  • Takamitsu Hosoya,
  • Masatoshi Hagiwara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11391
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Kinase inhibitors are important drugs and usually target the ATP binding pocket of kinases. Here, Kii et al.report a completely new type of kinase inhibitor that specifically targets the protein folding intermediate state, but not the mature form, of the protein kinase DYRK1A.