Zinc Binding in HDAC Inhibitors: A DFT Study
- 19 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Vol. 72 (14) , 5446-5449
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jo070739s
Abstract
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are attractive targets for the treatment of cancers and a variety of other diseases. Most currently studied HDAC inhibitors contain hydroxamic acids, which are potentially problematic in the development of practical drugs. DFT calculations of the binding modes and free energies of binding for a variety of other functionalities in a model active site of HDAC are described. The protonation state of hydroxamic acids in the active site and the origin of the high affinity are discussed. These results emphasize the importance of a carefully chosen pKa for zinc binding and provide guidance for the design of novel, non-hydroxamic acid HDAC inhibitors.Keywords
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