Pr. Bernstein et al., EXAMINATION OF PEPTIDIC ALPHA',BETA-DIAMINO-ALPHA,ALPHA-DIFLUOROKETONES AS INHIBITORS OF HUMAN-LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 4(18), 1994, pp. 2175-2178
The preparation and in vitro evaluation of a series of peptidic alpha'
,beta-diamino-alpha,alpha-difluoroketones are described. Comparison of
the efficacy of these compounds to both their corresponding trifluoro
methylketone and alpha-carboxamido-alpha,alpha-difluoroketone inhibito
rs reveals a divergent set of structure-activity relationships. This d
ivergence indicates that the inhibitor's P-l'-amino group is strongly
interacting with the enzyme's S-l'-subsite.