Structure‐Guided Development of Selective RabGGTase Inhibitors

Designing for selectivity: A combination of protein crystal-structure analysis, virtual screening, and synthetic chemistry has been used to develop noncytotoxic inhibitors of RabGGTase (IC50: 42 nM for the example shown; red O, blue N, yellow S) that are selective over FTase and GGTase I. Furthermore, the inhibitors display cellular activity and inhibit cancer cell proliferation.