The chemical biology of naphthoquinones and its environmental implications

Y Kumagai, Y Shinkai, T Miura… - Annual review of …, 2012‏ - annualreviews.org
Quinones are a group of highly reactive organic chemical species that interact with
biological systems to promote inflammatory, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer actions and to …

Cdc25 phosphatases and cancer

K Kristjansdottir, J Rudolph - Chemistry & biology, 2004‏ - cell.com
The Cdc25 phosphatases function as key regulators of the cell cycle during normal
eukaryotic cell division and as mediators of the checkpoint response in cells with DNA …

Therapeutic targeting the cell division cycle 25 (CDC25) phosphatases in human acute myeloid leukemia—the possibility to target several kinases through inhibition …

AK Brenner, H Reikvam, A Lavecchia, Ø Bruserud - Molecules, 2014‏ - mdpi.com
The cell division cycle 25 (CDC25) phosphatases include CDC25A, CDC25B and CDC25C.
These three molecules are important regulators of several steps in the cell cycle, including …

Site-specific binding of quinones to proteins through thiol addition and addition− elimination reactions

WW Li, J Heinze, W Haehnel - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2005‏ - ACS Publications
Ubiquinone-0, menaquinone-0, and 2, 3, 5-trimethyl-1, 4-benzoquinone were site-
specifically bound to free cysteine of proteins (yeast iso-1 cytochrome c as a model protein) …

Drug discovery and protein tyrosine phosphatases

MAT Blaskovich - Current medicinal chemistry, 2009‏ - ingentaconnect.com
Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) play a critical role in physiological signaling pathways
by controlling the level of tyrosine phosphorylation. The past decade has seen a vast …

Chemical knockdown of protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B by 1, 2-naphthoquinone through covalent modification causes persistent transactivation of epidermal growth …

N Iwamoto, D Sumi, T Ishii, K Uchida, AK Cho… - Journal of Biological …, 2007‏ - jbc.org
1, 2-Naphthoquinone (1, 2-NQ), an atmospheric contaminant, causes the contraction of
guinea pig trachea through the activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) by …

Small-molecule inhibitors of SETD8 with cellular activity

G Blum, G Ibáñez, X Rao, D Shum, C Radu… - ACS chemical …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
SETD8/SET8/Pr-SET7/KMT5A is the sole protein lysine methyltransferase (PKMT) known to
monomethylate lysine 20 of histone H4 in vivo. SETD8's methyltransferase activity has been …

Dual specificity protein phosphatases: therapeutic targets for cancer and Alzheimer's disease

AP Ducruet, A Vogt, P Wipf, JS Lazo - Annu. Rev. Med., 2005‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The complete sequencing of the human genome is generating many novel targets
for drug discovery. Understanding the pathophysiological roles of these putative targets and …

Halenaquinone and xestoquinone derivatives, inhibitors of Cdc25B phosphatase from a Xestospongia sp.

S Cao, C Foster, M Brisson, JS Lazo… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
Separation of an extract of a Xestospongia sp., guided by bioassay against Cdc25B, led to
the isolation of nine compounds, halenaquinone (1), xestoquinone (2), adociaquinones A …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel naphthoquinone derivatives with CDC25 phosphatase inhibitory activity

MP Brun, E Braud, D Angotti, O Mondésert… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
CDC25 dual-specificity phosphatases are essential key regulators of eukaryotic cell cycle
progression and the CDC25A and B isoforms are over-expressed in different tumors and …