Tendemistat description as found on scoop:
"Alpha-amylase inhibitor inhibits mammalian alpha-amylases specifically, by forming a tight stoichiometric 1:1 complex with alpha-amylase. The inhibitor has no action on plant and microbial alpha amylases.
A crystal structure has been determined for tendamistat the 74-amino acid inhibitor produced by Streptomyces tendae that targets a wide range of mammalian alpha-amylases [1] . The binding of tendamistat to alpha-amylase leads to the steric blockage of the active site of the enzyme. The crystal structure of tendamistat revealed an immunoglobulin-like fold that could potentially adopt multiple conformations. Such molecular flexibility could enable an induced-fit type of binding that would both optimise binding and allow broad target specificity."
A crystal structure of tendemistat with a pig pancreatic alpha-amylase has been determained [2] .
