Kt. Chapman et al., INHIBITION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES BY P-1 SUBSTITUTED N-CARBOXYALKYL DIPEPTIDES, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 6(3), 1996, pp. 329-332
Aroyl and arylacyl aminoalkyl substitutents at the P-1 position of N-c
arboxyalkyl dipeptides were found to enhance potency and selectivity f
or stromelysin-1 (MMP-3). In particular, the phthalimidobutyl and phen
ylpropanoylaminopropyl groups offered inhibitors of MMP-3 with K-i's o
f similar to 10 nM.