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Drug discovery programs of covalent irreversible, mechanism-based enzyme inhibitors often focus on optimization of potency as determined by IC 50 -values in biochemical assays. These assays do not allow the characterization of the binding activity ( K  i ) and reactivity ( k  inact ) as individual kinetic parameters of the covalent inhibitors. Here, we report the development of a kinetic substrate assay to study the influence of the acidity (p K  a ) of heterocyclic leaving group of triazole urea derivatives as diacylglycerol lipase (DAGL)-α inhibitors. Surprisingly, we found that the reactivity of the inhibitors did not correlate with the p K  a of the leaving group, whereas the position of the nitrogen atoms in the heterocyclic core determined to a large extent the binding activity of the inhibitor. This finding was confirmed and clarified by molecular dynamics simulations on the covalently bound Michaelis-Menten complex. A deeper understanding of the binding properties of covalent serine hydrolase inhibitors is expected to aid in the discovery and development of more selective covalent inhibitors.

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Structure Kinetics Relationships and Molecular Dynamics Show Crucial Role for Heterocycle Leaving Group in Irreversible Diacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitors