| 摘要 |
A class of compounds is described for use as fluorogenic substrates for herpesvirus proteases and for use in an assay to identify inhibitors of herpesvirus proteases. Compounds of particular interest are defined by Formula II <IMAGE> wherein W is selected from glycine, 4-aminobutyric acid, 5-aminopentanoic acid, 6-aminocaproic acid and 7-aminoheptanoic acid; wherein Y is selected from EDANS, Abz, DANSYL, nicotinic acid, 4-guanidino-benzoic acid, N-methyl-Abz, 4-chloro-Abz, 5-chloro-Abz, 6-chloro-Abz, 3,5-dibromo-Abz, 6-amino-nicotinic acid, 2-aminonicotinic acid, 2-chloronicotinic acid, niflumic acid and fluorogenic derivatives thereof; and wherein Z is selected from tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine, p-nitrophenylalanine, m-nitrophenylalanine, DABSYL, DABCYL and halogenated derivatives thereof.
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