2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of synthetic small molecules that control the lipid biosynthesis
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24710260
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Chemical biology
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 構造活性相関 / 脂質代謝 |
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| Research Abstract |
Various small molecules based on the structure of "fatostatin", which was a synthetic molecule identified by our research group that inhibits a lipid biosynthetic pathway, were designed and synthesized. The inhibitory effects of these synthesized molecules on the important protein for the lipid biosynthesis were evaluated by the cell-based reporter assay. As a result, a new small molecule that shows more potent inhibitory effects on the lipid biosynthesis pathway than previous ones was obtained. Now, its detail function in cells are investigated.
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