by Lorente SO, Jimenez CJ, Gros L, Yardley V, de Luca-Fradley K, Croft SL, A Urbina J, Ruiz-Perez LM, Pacanowska DG, Gilbert IH. Bioorg Med Chem, July 2005, 13:5435-5453.
Summary: In this paper we discuss the design, synthesis and evaluation of potential transition state analogues of the enzyme D24(25)-methyltransferase (24-SMT). This enzyme is essential for the biosynthesis of ergosterol, but not required for the biosynthesis of cholesterol. A series of compounds were successfully synthesised in which mimics of the S-adenosyl methionine co-factor were attached to the sterol nucleus.
