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SUBMITTER: Sarkar P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7437931 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarkar Priyanka P Li Zhonghan Z Ren Wendan W Wang Siwen S Shao Shiqun S Sun Jianan J Ren Xiaodong X Perkins Nicole G NG Guo Zhili Z Chang Chia-En A CA Song Jikui J Xue Min M
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20200618 13
We report on a cyclic peptide that inhibits matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) activation with a low-nM-level potency. This inhibitor specifically binds to the D<sub>570</sub>-A<sub>583</sub> epitope on proMMP2 and interferes with the protein-protein interaction (PPI) between proMMP2 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 (TIMP2), thereby preventing the TIMP2-assisted proMMP2 activation process. We developed this cyclic peptide inhibitor through an epitope-targeted library screening process ...[more]