1pwu
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Crystal Structure of Anthrax Lethal Factor complexed with (3-(N-hydroxycarboxamido)-2-isobutylpropanoyl-Trp-methylamide), a known small molecule inhibitor of matrix metalloproteases.
Overview
Recent events have created an urgent need for new therapeutic strategies, to treat anthrax. We have applied a mixture-based peptide library approach, to rapidly determine the optimal peptide substrate for the anthrax lethal, factor (LF), a metalloproteinase with an important role in the, pathogenesis of the disease. Using this approach we have identified, peptide analogs that inhibit the enzyme in vitro and that protect cultured, macrophages from LF-mediated cytolysis. The crystal structures of LF bound, to an optimized peptide substrate and to peptide-based inhibitors provide, a rationale for the observed selectivity and may be exploited in the, design of future generations of LF inhibitors.
About this Structure
1PWU is a Single protein structure of sequence from Bacillus anthracis with ZN and GM6 as ligands. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
The structural basis for substrate and inhibitor selectivity of the anthrax lethal factor., Turk BE, Wong TY, Schwarzenbacher R, Jarrell ET, Leppla SH, Collier RJ, Liddington RC, Cantley LC, Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2004 Jan;11(1):60-6. Epub 2003 Dec 29. PMID:14718924
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