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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
51
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-22
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
It is generally expected that only one inhibitor molecule will bind to an enzyme active site. In fact, specific drug design theories depend upon this assumption. Here, we report the binding of two molecules of an inhibitor to the same active site which we observed in the 1.8 A resolution structure of the drug Alrestatin bound to a mutant of human aldose reductase. The two molecules of Alrestatin bind to the active site in a stacked arrangement (a double-decker). This stack positions the carboxylic acid of one drug molecule near the NADP+ cofactor at a previously determined anion binding site and the carboxylic acid of the second drug molecule near the carboxy-terminal tail of the enzyme. We propose that interactions of inhibitors with the carboxy-terminal loop of aldose reductase are critical for the development of inhibitors that are able to discriminate between aldose reductase and other members of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily. This finding suggests a new direction for the introduction of specificity to aldose reductase-targeted drugs.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16134-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Aldehyde Reductase, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Crystallization, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Drug Design, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Isoquinolines, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-NADP, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9405046-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The alrestatin double-decker: binding of two inhibitor molecules to human aldose reductase reveals a new specificity determinant.
pubmed:affiliation
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02554, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't