Structural highlights
Disease
[ARGI1_HUMAN] Defects in ARG1 are the cause of argininemia (ARGIN) [MIM:207800]; also known as hyperargininemia. Argininemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle. Arginine is elevated in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, and periodic hyperammonemia occurs. Clinical manifestations include developmental delay, seizures, mental retardation, hypotonia, ataxia, progressive spastic quadriplegia.[1] [2]
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Arginase is a binuclear manganese metalloenzyme that hydrolyzes l-arginine to form l-ornithine and urea, and aberrant arginase activity is implicated in various diseases such as erectile dysfunction, asthma, atherosclerosis, and cerebral malaria. Accordingly, arginase inhibitors may be therapeutically useful. Continuing our efforts to expand the chemical space of arginase inhibitor design and inspired by the binding of 2-(difluoromethyl)-l-ornithine to human arginase I, we now report the first study of the binding of alpha,alpha-disubstituted amino acids to arginase. Specifically, we report the design, synthesis, and assay of racemic 2-amino-6-borono-2-methylhexanoic acid and racemic 2-amino-6-borono-2-(difluoromethyl)hexanoic acid. X-ray crystal structures of human arginase I and Plasmodium falciparum arginase complexed with these inhibitors reveal the exclusive binding of the l-stereoisomer; the additional alpha-substituent of each inhibitor is readily accommodated and makes new intermolecular interactions in the outer active site of each enzyme. Therefore, this work highlights a new region of the protein surface that can be targeted for additional affinity interactions, as well as the first comparative structural insights on inhibitor discrimination between a human and a parasitic arginase.
Binding of alpha,alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acids to Arginase Suggests New Avenues for Inhibitor Design.,Ilies M, Di Costanzo L, Dowling DP, Thorn KJ, Christianson DW J Med Chem. 2011 Jul 18. PMID:21728378[3]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Uchino T, Haraguchi Y, Aparicio JM, Mizutani N, Higashikawa M, Naitoh H, Mori M, Matsuda I. Three novel mutations in the liver-type arginase gene in three unrelated Japanese patients with argininemia. Am J Hum Genet. 1992 Dec;51(6):1406-12. PMID:1463019
- ↑ Uchino T, Snyderman SE, Lambert M, Qureshi IA, Shapira SK, Sansaricq C, Smit LM, Jakobs C, Matsuda I. Molecular basis of phenotypic variation in patients with argininemia. Hum Genet. 1995 Sep;96(3):255-60. PMID:7649538
- ↑ Ilies M, Di Costanzo L, Dowling DP, Thorn KJ, Christianson DW. Binding of alpha,alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acids to Arginase Suggests New Avenues for Inhibitor Design. J Med Chem. 2011 Jul 18. PMID:21728378 doi:10.1021/jm200443b
