Design of Small Molecules That Compete with Nucleotide Binding to an Engineered Oncogenic KRAS Allele

RAS mutations are found in 30% of all human cancers, with KRAS the most frequently mutated among the three RAS isoforms (KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS). However, directly targeting oncogenic KRAS with small molecules in the nucleotide-binding site has been difficult because of the high affinity of KRAS for GDP and GTP. We designed an engineered allele of KRAS and a covalent inhibitor that competes for GTP and GDP. This ligand-receptor combination demonstrates that the high affinity of GTP and GDP for RAS proteins can be overcome with a covalent inhibitor and a suitably engineered binding site. The covalent inhibitor irreversibly modifies the protein at the engineered nucleotide-binding site and is able to compete with GDP and GTP. This provides a new tool for studying KRAS function and suggests strategies for targeting the nucleotide-binding site of oncogenic RAS proteins.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:57

Enthalten in:

Biochemistry - 57(2018), 8 vom: 27. Feb., Seite 1380-1389

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Larraufie, Marie-Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Musavi, Leila [VerfasserIn]
Akkiraju, Hemanth [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Lewis M [VerfasserIn]
Stockwell, Brent R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

146-91-8
86-01-1
EC 3.6.5.2
Guanosine Diphosphate
Guanosine Triphosphate
Journal Article
KRAS protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Small Molecule Libraries

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Date Completed 22.05.2018

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01113

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM279766211