1b59
From Proteopedia
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| , resolution 1.80Å | |||||||
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| Ligands: | and | ||||||
| Activity: | Methionyl aminopeptidase, with EC number 3.4.11.18 | ||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||
COMPLEX OF HUMAN METHIONINE AMINOPEPTIDASE-2 COMPLEXED WITH OVALICIN
Overview
The fungal metabolite fumagillin suppresses the formation of new blood vessels, and a fumagillin analog is currently in clinical trials as an anticancer agent. The molecular target of fumagillin is methionine aminopeptidase-2 (MetAP-2). A 1.8 A resolution crystal structure of free and inhibited human MetAP-2 shows a covalent bond formed between a reactive epoxide of fumagillin and histidine-231 in the active site of MetAP-2. Extensive hydrophobic and water-mediated polar interactions with other parts of fumagillin provide additional affinity. Fumagillin-based drugs inhibit MetAP-2 but not MetAP-1, and the three-dimensional structure also indicates the likely determinants of this specificity. The structural basis for fumagillin's potency and specificity forms the starting point for structure-based drug design.
About this Structure
1B59 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure of human methionine aminopeptidase-2 complexed with fumagillin., Liu S, Widom J, Kemp CW, Crews CM, Clardy J, Science. 1998 Nov 13;282(5392):1324-7. PMID:9812898
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