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1fkn
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| 1fkn, resolution 1.90Å () | |||||||||
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| Activity: | Memapsin 2, with EC number 3.4.23.46 | ||||||||
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| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBsum, RCSB | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | save as pdb, mmCIF, xml | ||||||||
STRUCTURE OF BETA-SECRETASE COMPLEXED WITH INHIBITOR
Overview
Memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) is a membrane-associated aspartic protease involved in the production of beta-amyloid peptide in Alzheimer's disease and is a major target for drug design. We determined the crystal structure of the protease domain of human memapsin 2 complexed to an eight-residue inhibitor at 1.9 angstrom resolution. The active site of memapsin 2 is more open and less hydrophobic than that of other human aspartic proteases. The subsite locations from S4 to S2' are well defined. A kink of the inhibitor chain at P2' and the change of chain direction of P3' and P4' may be mimicked to provide inhibitor selectivity.
About this Structure
1FKN is a Single protein structure of sequence from Homo sapiens. The following page contains interesting information on the relation of 1FKN with [Amyloid-beta Precursor Protein]. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure of the protease domain of memapsin 2 (beta-secretase) complexed with inhibitor., Hong L, Koelsch G, Lin X, Wu S, Terzyan S, Ghosh AK, Zhang XC, Tang J, Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):150-3. PMID:11021803 Page seeded by OCA on Fri May 2 16:26:16 2008
