Synthesis and biological activity of a novel class of purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitors

…, SP Walton, CH Williams, JA Montgomery

Index: Morris Jr., Philip E.; Elliott, Arthur J.; Walton, Sandra P.; Williams, Carl H.; Montgomery, John A. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 2000 , vol. 19, # 1-2 p. 379 - 404

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Abstract

Abstract Purine nucleoside phosphorylase.(PNP, EC. 2.4. 2.1) functions as a salvage enzyme in the purine and is important in the T-cell portion of the immune system As such, PNP is an important therapeutic target for diseases which are T-cell mediated. The biochemical basis for using PNP inhibitors as well as the various classes of inhibitors developed has been recently reviewed. Using X-ray crystallography we have designed ...