Title

Protein arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4): Current understanding and future therapeutic potential

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Publication Date

2009-09-01

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Antirheumatic Agents; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Catalysis; Drug Design; *Drug Discovery; Enzyme Inhibitors; Humans; Hydrolases; Immunologic Factors; Isoenzymes; Models, Molecular; Molecular Structure; Multiple Sclerosis; Neoplasms; Protein Conformation; Structure-Activity Relationship

Disciplines

Biochemistry | Enzymes and Coenzymes | Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Therapeutics

Abstract

The protein arginine deiminases (PADs), and in particular PAD4, have emerged as potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this review, evidence linking dysregulated PAD activity to the onset and progression of RA is presented, and the potential role of such aberrant activity in other human diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and cancer, is discussed. The known physiological roles of the PADs, particularly PAD4, and current knowledge regarding PAD structure, catalysis and inhibition are also described.

Keywords

Protein Arginine Deiminase, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer, Treatment, Inhibitors

Source

Curr Opin Drug Discov Devel. 2009 Sep;12(5):616-27.

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Current opinion in drug discovery and development

Comments

At the time of publication, Paul Thompson was not yet affiliated with UMass Medical School.

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