Abstract

Potent inhibitors of the Kex2/furin family precursor processing proteases were developed by randomizing adventitious contact sites and screening for optimized affinity using inhibition assays in 96-well format [1]. In this review, the binding interactions of the developed inhibitors will be examined in light of the three dimensional structures of Kex2 and furin [2-4].

Keywords: furin, kex, pc, binding sites, eglin c