A Comparison of Phosphonothioic Acidswith Phosphonic Acids as Phosphatase Inhibitors
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Publication Date
2003
Volume
46
First Page
3703
Last Page
3708
Abstract
Phosphorothioates, analogues of phosphate esters in which a sulfur replaces an oxygen atom in the phosphoryl group, are competent surrogate substrates for a number of phosphatases. In some cases the thio analogues show similar binding (as estimated by Km) while other phosphatases show quite different Km values for phosphate compared to phosphorothioate esters. On this basis it was hypothesized that there might be different inhibitory tendencies by the nonhydrolyzable analogues, phosphonothioic acids compared with phosphonic acids. A series of phosphonothioic acids and corresponding phosphonic acids were synthesized and their inhibitory properties were compared toward human placental and E. coli alkaline phosphatases, the protein-tyrosine phosphatase from Yersinia, and the serine/threonine protein phosphatases PP2C and lambda. Sulfur substitution for oxygen gives the phosphonothioic acids pKa values that are close to those of phosphate esters, in contrast to the higher pKa values typical of phosphonic acids. Despite different steric requirements and differences in charge distribution in the anions of phosphonothioic acids compared with phosphonic acids, it was found that, with some exceptions, differences in inhibitory properties were modest.
Recommended Citation
K. Swierczek, A. S. Pandey, J. Peters and A. C. Hengge “A Comparison of Phosphonothioic Acids with Phosphonic Acids as Phosphatase Inhibitors.” J. Med. Chem., 2003, 46, 3703-3708.
