Design and synthesis of tag-free photoprobes for the identification of the molecular target for CCG-1423, a novel inhibitor of the Rho/MKL1/SRF signaling pathway

• Jessica L. Bell,
• Andrew J. Haak,
• Susan M. Wade,
• Yihan Sun,
• Richard R. Neubig and
• Scott D. Larsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 966–973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.111

• , click ligation of a fluorescent dye, and gel electrophoresis revealed specific labeling of a single 24 kDa band that could be blocked with an active competitor. Future work will focus on identifying the labeled protein(s). Keywords: CCG-1423; click ligation; photoaffinity labeling; Rho pathway

• inhibitor; tag-free photoprobe; target identification; Findings Serum-induced signaling through Rho leads to gene-transcriptional effects, which are mediated by serum response factor (SRF), a MADS box transcription factor that binds to the serum response element (SRE) in the promoters of various immediate