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An improved synthesis of haloacetamidine-based inactivators of protein arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4)
Causey, Corey P.,Thompson, Paul R.
, p. 4383 - 4385 (2008)
Protein arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes peptidyl arginine residues to form citrulline and ammonia. This enzyme has been implicated in several disease states, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, and therefore represents a unique target for the development of a novel therapeutic. A solution-phase synthesis of Cl-amidine, the most potent PAD4 inactivator described to date, has been developed. This synthesis proceeds in 80% yield over four steps at a significantly (12-fold) lower cost.