Structural highlights
Function
PSA2_YEAST The proteasome degrades poly-ubiquitinated proteins in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus. It is essential for the regulated turnover of proteins and for the removal of misfolded proteins. The proteasome is a multicatalytic proteinase complex that is characterized by its ability to cleave peptides with Arg, Phe, Tyr, Leu, and Glu adjacent to the leaving group at neutral or slightly basic pH. It has an ATP-dependent proteolytic activity.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Spiro beta-lactone-based proteasome inhibitors were discovered in the context of an asymmetric catalytic total synthesis of the natural product (+)-lactacystin (1). Lactone 4 was found to be a potent inhibitor of the 26S proteasome, while its C-6 epimer (5) displayed weak activity. Crystallographic studies of the two analogues covalently bound to the 20S proteasome permitted characterization of the important stabilizing interactions between each inhibitor and the proteasome's key catalytic N-terminal threonine residue. This structural data support the hypothesis that the discrepancy in potency between 4 and 5 may be due to differences in the hydrolytic stabilities of the resulting acyl enzyme complexes.
Structural analysis of spiro beta-lactone proteasome inhibitors.,Groll M, Balskus EP, Jacobsen EN J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Nov 12;130(45):14981-3. Epub 2008 Oct 17. PMID:18928262[1]
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References
- ↑ Groll M, Balskus EP, Jacobsen EN. Structural analysis of spiro beta-lactone proteasome inhibitors. J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Nov 12;130(45):14981-3. Epub 2008 Oct 17. PMID:18928262 doi:10.1021/ja806059t
