The eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) plays a central role in the initiation of gene translation and subsequent protein synthesis by binding the 5′ terminal mRNA cap structure. We designed and synthesized a series of novel compounds that display potent binding affinity against eIF4E despite their lack of a ribose moiety, phosphate, and positive charge as present in m7-GMP. The biochemical activity of compound 33 is 95 nM for ...
[Bardecker, Julie A.; Afzali, Ali; Tulevski, George S.; Graham, Teresita; Hannon, James B.; Jen, Alex K.-Y. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2008 , vol. 130, # 23 p. 7226 - 7227]