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Biguanide is a modifiable pharmacophore for recruitment of endogenous Zn(2+) to inhibit cysteinyl cathepsins: review and implications

ABSTRACT: Excessive activities of cysteinyl cathepsins (CysCts) contribute to the progress of many diseases; however, therapeutic inhibition has been problematic. Zn(2+) is a natural inhibitor of proteases with CysHis dyads or CysHis(Xaa) triads. Biguanide forms bidentate metal complexes through the...

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Autor principal: Lockwood, Thomas D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6647370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31044334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-019-00197-1