Design and synthesis of alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds as potential ACE inhibitors

Abstract

The alpha,beta-unsaturated amide that is incorporated into the basic structural frame of a simple substrate molecule of angiotensin converting enzyme was found to serve as a Michael acceptor for the catalytic carboxylate of Glu-127, inhibiting the enzyme irreversibly. (C) 2000 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.