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Principia: Reversing covalency
Principia developing reversible inhibitors for cancer, autoimmune diseases
May 7, 2012 7:00 AM UTC
Principia Biopharma Inc. is developing a pipeline of small molecule reversible covalent inhibitors it is betting will have fewer off-target effects and lower immunogenicity than irreversible inhibitors.
The company is using its chemistry technology to add a reactive cyanoacrylamide group to small molecules. The group forms a reversible covalent bond with an exposed cysteine residue in the active site of a target protein. When the protein denatures, the inhibitor falls off...