Identification of kinase inhibitors
First Claim
1. A method for identifying ligands binding to an inactive conformation of a target protein kinase, comprising(a) contacting the inactive conformation of said protein kinase having a first and a second binding site of interest and containing or modified to contain a nucleophile at or near the first site of interest with a plurality of ligand candidates, said candidates having a functional group reactive with the nucleophile, under conditions such that a reversible covalent bond is formed between the nucleophile and a candidate that has affinity for the first site of interest, to form a kinase-first ligand complex;
- (b) identifying the first ligand from the complex of (a);
(c) designing a derivative of the first ligand identified in (a) to provide a small molecule extender (SME) having a first functional group reactive with the nucleophile on the kinase and a second functional group reactive with a second ligand having affinity for the second binding site of interest;
(d) contacting the SME with the kinase to form a kinase-SME complex, and(e) contacting the kinase-SME complex with a plurality of second ligand candidates, said candidates having a functional group reactive with the SME in said kinase-SME complex, wherein a candidate that has affinity for said second binding site of interest on said kinase forms a reversible covalent bond with said kinase-SME complex, whereby a second ligand is identified.
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Abstract
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.
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1. A method for identifying ligands binding to an inactive conformation of a target protein kinase, comprising
(a) contacting the inactive conformation of said protein kinase having a first and a second binding site of interest and containing or modified to contain a nucleophile at or near the first site of interest with a plurality of ligand candidates, said candidates having a functional group reactive with the nucleophile, under conditions such that a reversible covalent bond is formed between the nucleophile and a candidate that has affinity for the first site of interest, to form a kinase-first ligand complex; -
(b) identifying the first ligand from the complex of (a); (c) designing a derivative of the first ligand identified in (a) to provide a small molecule extender (SME) having a first functional group reactive with the nucleophile on the kinase and a second functional group reactive with a second ligand having affinity for the second binding site of interest; (d) contacting the SME with the kinase to form a kinase-SME complex, and (e) contacting the kinase-SME complex with a plurality of second ligand candidates, said candidates having a functional group reactive with the SME in said kinase-SME complex, wherein a candidate that has affinity for said second binding site of interest on said kinase forms a reversible covalent bond with said kinase-SME complex, whereby a second ligand is identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for identifying ligands binding to an inactive conformation of a target protein kinase, comprising
(a) screening a library of ligand candidates with a kinase-ligand conjugate formed by the covalent bonding of the inactive conformation of a kinase comprising a first reactive functionality with a compound that comprises (1) a second reactive functionality and (2) a chemically reactive group, wherein the second reactive functionality of the compound reacts with the first reactive functionality of the inactive conformation of said target protein kinase to form a first covalent bond such that the kinase-ligand conjugate contains a free chemically reactive group, under conditions wherein at least one member of the library forms a second covalent bond with the kinase-ligand conjugate; - and
(b) identifying a further ligand that binds covalently to the chemically reactive group of the kinase-ligand conjugate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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