Structural highlights
Function
[FPPS_HUMAN] Key enzyme in isoprenoid biosynthesis which catalyzes the formation of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP), a precursor for several classes of essential metabolites including sterols, dolichols, carotenoids, and ubiquinones. FPP also serves as substrate for protein farnesylation and geranylgeranylation. Catalyzes the sequential condensation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate with the allylic pyrophosphates, dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, and then with the resultant geranylpyrophosphate to the ultimate product farnesyl pyrophosphate.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Thienopyrimidine-based allosteric inhibitors of the human farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (hFPPS), characterized by a chiral alpha-aminophosphonic acid moiety, were synthesized as enantiomerically enriched pairs, and their binding mode was investigated by X-ray crystallography. A general consensus in the binding orientation of all (R)- and (S)-enantiomers was revealed. This finding is a prerequisite for establishing a reliable structure-activity relationship (SAR) model.
Chirality-Driven Mode of Binding of alpha-Aminophosphonic Acid-Based Allosteric Inhibitors of the Human Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Synthase (hFPPS).,Feng Y, Park J, Li SG, Boutin R, Viereck P, Schilling MA, Berghuis AM, Tsantrizos YS J Med Chem. 2019 Oct 16. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01104. PMID:31577901[1]
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References
- ↑ Feng Y, Park J, Li SG, Boutin R, Viereck P, Schilling MA, Berghuis AM, Tsantrizos YS. Chirality-Driven Mode of Binding of alpha-Aminophosphonic Acid-Based Allosteric Inhibitors of the Human Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Synthase (hFPPS). J Med Chem. 2019 Oct 16. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01104. PMID:31577901 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01104
