Biaryl Substituted Alkylboronate Esters as Thrombin Inhibitors.

Abstract Thrombin is a serine protease that plays an important role in the blood coagulation cascade, and is a target enzyme for new therapeutic agents. Ac-(D)-Phe-Pro-boroArg-OH (DuP 714) was found to be a highly effective thrombin inhibitor. In order to reduce the peptidic nature of DuP 714, we have designed a series of novel biaryl substituted alkylboronate esters as potent thrombin inhibitors. The most potent compounds have subnanomolar affinity for thrombin.