PMID- 35076225 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220316 LR - 20220316 IS - 1554-8937 (Electronic) IS - 1554-8929 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Feb 18 TI - Discovery of Non-Cysteine-Targeting Covalent Inhibitors by Activity-Based Proteomic Screening with a Cysteine-Reactive Probe. PG - 340-347 LID - 10.1021/acschembio.1c00824 [doi] AB - Covalent inhibitors of enzymes are increasingly appreciated as pharmaceutical seeds, yet discovering non-cysteine-targeting inhibitors remains challenging. Herein, we report an intriguing experience during our activity-based proteomic screening of 1601 reactive small molecules, in which we monitored the ability of library molecules to compete with a cysteine-reactive iodoacetamide probe. One epoxide molecule, F8, exhibited unexpected enhancement of the probe reactivity for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), a rate-limiting glycolysis enzyme. In-depth mechanistic analysis suggests that F8 forms a covalent adduct with an aspartic acid in the active site to displace NAD(+), a cofactor of the enzyme, with concomitant enhancement of the probe reaction with the catalytic cysteine. The mechanistic underpinning permitted the identification of an optimized aspartate-reactive GAPDH inhibitor. Our findings exemplify that activity-based proteomic screening with a cysteine-reactive probe can be used for discovering covalent inhibitors that react with non-cysteine residues. FAU - Jung, Yejin AU - Jung Y AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. AD - Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. FAU - Noda, Naotaka AU - Noda N AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. AD - Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. FAU - Takaya, Junichiro AU - Takaya J AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. AD - Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. FAU - Abo, Masahiro AU - Abo M AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. FAU - Toh, Kohei AU - Toh K AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. FAU - Tajiri, Ken AU - Tajiri K AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. FAU - Cui, Changyi AU - Cui C AD - School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Zhou, Lu AU - Zhou L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6807-2647 AD - School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China. FAU - Sato, Shin-Ichi AU - Sato SI AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3085-419X AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. FAU - Uesugi, Motonari AU - Uesugi M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8515-445X AD - Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. AD - School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 201203, China. AD - Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220125 PL - United States TA - ACS Chem Biol JT - ACS chemical biology JID - 101282906 RN - EC 1.2.1.- (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases) RN - K848JZ4886 (Cysteine) SB - IM MH - Catalysis MH - Catalytic Domain MH - *Cysteine/chemistry MH - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/chemistry/metabolism MH - *Proteomics EDAT- 2022/01/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/17 06:00 CRDT- 2022/01/25 12:18 PHST- 2022/01/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/25 12:18 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acschembio.1c00824 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Chem Biol. 2022 Feb 18;17(2):340-347. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00824. Epub 2022 Jan 25.