Chemical inhibitors of bomapin function by interacting with the proteolytic pathways that bomapin is known to regulate. AEBSF, a serine protease inhibitor, can inhibit the proteases which bomapin targets, effectively reducing the functional necessity for bomapin's regulatory role within these pathways. Similarly, aprotinin, a broad-spectrum serine protease inhibitor, can also inhibit the activity of multiple proteases under bomapin regulation, rendering the regulatory actions of bomapin redundant. Gabexate and nafamostat, both serine protease inhibitors, can further diminish the functional requirement for bomapin by inhibiting key proteases in the same pathways, thereby indirectly leading to a functional inhibition of bomapin's activity. Camostat, another serine protease inhibitor, can reduce the activity of enzymes that bomapin is meant to regulate, influencing bomapin's role within the cell.
Tranexamic acid, by inhibiting plasminogen activation, can indirectly influence the proteolytic environment and thus the functional activity of bomapin. E-64, while primarily a cysteine protease inhibitor, can alter the proteolytic balance within the cell, which may affect the pathways where bomapin has regulatory importance. Leupeptin, which inhibits both serine and cysteine proteases, can diminish the functional role of bomapin by reducing the activity of these enzymes. Pepstatin A, an aspartic protease inhibitor, and chymostatin, a chymotrypsin-like serine protease inhibitor, can also reduce the necessity for bomapin's actions by inhibiting the activity of other enzymes within the same regulatory framework. Antipain, by inhibiting serine and cysteine proteases, can decrease the requirement for bomapin's regulatory actions. Lastly, phosphoramidon, a metalloprotease inhibitor, can alter protease activities related to bomapin, potentially reducing the functional role of bomapin in protease regulation.