Inventors:
Timothy CARDOZO - New York NY, US
Hong WANG - New York NY, US
David Ron - Cambridge, GB
Assignee:
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - New York NY
International Classification:
A61K 31/536, C12Q 1/48, A61K 31/519, A61K 31/496, A61K 31/4166, A61K 31/4245, A61K 31/433, A61K 31/24, A61K 31/428, A61K 31/225, C07D 487/04, C07D 417/14, C07D 403/06, C07D 413/12, C07D 285/135, C07C 69/76, C07D 277/62, C07C 69/34, A61P 35/00, A61P 25/28, A61P 9/10, A61P 25/00, A61P 3/04, A61P 37/00, A61P 25/16, A61P 19/02, A61P 37/06, A61P 1/00, G06G 7/60, C40B 30/02
US Classification:
5142305, 506 8, 435 15, 5142593, 51425402, 514389, 514364, 514363, 514534, 514367, 514548, 544281, 544369, 5483121, 548125, 548139, 560 61, 548180, 560194, 544 73, 703 11
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of identifying compounds useful in inhibiting protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum protein kinase (PERK). The method comprises providing a first model comprising PERK active domains, where the said active domains are selected from the group consisting of the peptide spanning from amino acid residue Asp144 to amino acid residue Ser191 of SEQ ID NO: 1 and a peptide comprising the amino acid residue at position 7 of SEQ ID NO: 1, providing one or more candidate compounds, evaluating contact between the candidate compounds and the first model to determine which of the one or more candidate compounds have an ability to bind to and/or fit in the first model, and identifying the compounds which, based on said evaluating, have the ability to bind to and/or fit in the first model as compounds potentially useful for inhibiting PERK. The present invention further relates to compounds that can be used for inhibition of PERK, for example human PERK, and methods related to treatment of PERK-mediated diseases.