High consistency of structure-based design and X-ray crystallography: Design, synthesis, kinetic evaluation and crystallographic binding mode determination of biphenyl-n-acyl-β-d-glucopyranosylamines as glycogen phosphorylase inhibitors

Abstract

Structure-based design and synthesis of two biphenyl-N-acyl-β-D-glucopyranosylamine derivatives as well as their assessment as inhibitors of human liver glycogen phosphorylase (hlGPa, a pharmaceutical target for type 2 diabetes) is presented. X-ray crystallography revealed the importance of structural water molecules and that the inhibitory efficacy correlates with the degree of disturbance caused by the inhibitor binding to a loop crucial for the catalytic mechanism. The in silico-derived models of the binding mode generated during the design process corresponded very well with the crystallographic data. © 2019 by the authors.