Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, North Dakota State University, 1401 Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo, ND 58105, USA.
The syntheses of a new class of barbiturate-based inhibitors for human and Escherichia Coli methionine aminopeptidase-1 (MetAP-1) are described. Some of the synthesized inhibitors show selective inhibition of the human enzyme with high potency.