Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

John C Prescott

Andrew Braisted

Robert S McDowell

Daniel A Erlanson

The invention concerns the identification of protein kinase inhibitors that preferentially bind to the inactive conformation of a target protein kinase. The inhibitors are identified by locking the target protein kinase in an inactive conformation, and using a covalent tethering approach to identify inhibitors preferentially targeting the inactive conformation.

Identification of kinase inhibitors

The invention concerns a method for rapid identification and characterization of binding partners for a target molecule, and for providing binding partners with improved binding affinity. More specifically, the invention concerns an improved tethering method for the rapid identification of at least two binding partners that bind near one another to a target molecule.

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John C Prescott