Download MendeleyPotent family-18 chitinase inhibitors: x-ray structures, affinities, and binding mechanisms
Pantoom, S., Vetter, I.R., Prinz, H., Suginta, W.(2011) J Biol Chem 286: 24312-24323
- PubMed: 21531720
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.183376
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
3ARO, 3ARP, 3ARQ, 3ARR, 3ARS, 3ART, 3ARU, 3ARV, 3ARW, 3ARX, 3ARY, 3ARZ, 3AS0, 3AS1, 3AS2, 3AS3 - PubMed Abstract:
Six novel inhibitors of Vibrio harveyi chitinase A (VhChiA), a family-18 chitinase homolog, were identified by in vitro screening of a library of pharmacologically active compounds. Unlike the previously identified inhibitors that mimicked the reaction intermediates, crystallographic evidence from 14 VhChiA-inhibitor complexes showed that all of the inhibitor molecules occupied the outer part of the substrate-binding cleft at two hydrophobic areas. The interactions at the aglycone location are well defined and tightly associated with Trp-397 and Trp-275, whereas the interactions at the glycone location are patchy, indicating lower affinity and a loose interaction with two consensus residues, Trp-168 and Val-205. When Trp-275 was substituted with glycine (W275G), the binding affinity toward all of the inhibitors dramatically decreased, and in most structures two inhibitor molecules were found to stack against Trp-397 at the aglycone site. Such results indicate that hydrophobic interactions are important for binding of the newly identified inhibitors by the chitinase. X-ray data and isothermal microcalorimetry showed that the inhibitors occupied the active site of VhChiA in three different binding modes, including single-site binding, independent two-site binding, and sequential two-site binding. The inhibitory effect of dequalinium in the low nanomolar range makes this compound an extremely attractive lead compound for plausible development of therapeutics against human diseases involving chitinase-mediated pathologies.
Organizational Affiliation:
Biochemistry-Electrochemistry Research Unit, School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand.
