Redox-based inactivation of cysteine cathepsins by compounds containing the 4-aminophenol moiety.

BACKGROUND: Redox cycling compounds have been reported to cause false positive inhibition of proteases in drug discovery studies. This kind of false positives can lead to unusually high hit rates in high-throughput screening campaigns and require further analysis to distinguish true from false posit...

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Main Authors: Bojana Mirković, Izidor Sosič, Stanislav Gobec, Janko Kos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3208577?pdf=render