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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Seth D. Rose, Tempe, AZ (US);
Steven R. Ottersberg, Tempe, AZ (US);
Karl J. Okolotowicz, Tempe, AZ (US);
Dale E. Robinson, San Diego, CA (US);
Rosemarie Hartman, Tempe, AZ (US);
Scott Lefler, Tempe, AZ (US);
The Arizona Disease Control Research Commission, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Prenylating enzymes are involved in modifying oncoproteins, such as RAS, so that growth of neoplastic cells becomes uncontrolled. Inactivation of such enzymes can prevent uncontrolled growth. &agr;-Dicarbonyl compounds can be used to covalently modify and thereby inactivate prenylating enzymes such as protein farnesyltransferase and protein geranylgeranyltransferase. The compounds can be designed to enhance affinity and/or specificity for a particular protein substrate.