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==The Crystal Structure of Cruzain in Complex with a Tetrafluorophenoxymethyl Ketone Inhibitor==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3iut]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosoma_cruzi Trypanosoma cruzi]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3IUT OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3IUT FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.2&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=EDO:1,2-ETHANEDIOL'>EDO</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=KB2:(3S)-3-(4-{(1S)-1,2-DIMETHYL-1-[(QUINOLIN-6-YLMETHYL)AMINO]PROPYL}-1H-1,2,3-TRIAZOL-1-YL)HEPTAN-2-ONE'>KB2</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3iut FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3iut OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3iut PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3iut RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3iut PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3iut ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/CYSP_TRYCR CYSP_TRYCR] Hydrolyzes chromogenic peptides at the carboxyl Arg or Lys; requires at least one more amino acid, preferably Arg, Phe, Val or Leu, between the terminal Arg or Lys and the amino-blocking group.  The cysteine protease may play an important role in the development and differentiation of the parasites at several stages of their life cycle.
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
A century after discovering that the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, treatment is still plagued by limited efficacy, toxicity, and the emergence of drug resistance. The development of inhibitors of the major T. cruzi cysteine protease, cruzain, has been demonstrated to be a promising drug discovery avenue for this neglected disease. Here we establish that a nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitor substantially ameliorates symptoms of acute Chagas disease in a mouse model with no apparent toxicity. A high-resolution crystal structure confirmed the mode of inhibition and revealed key binding interactions of this novel inhibitor class. Subsequent structure-guided optimization then resulted in inhibitor analogues with improvements in potency despite minimal or no additions in molecular weight. Evaluation of the analogues in cell culture showed enhanced activity. These results suggest that nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors have the potential to fulfill the urgent need for improved Chagas disease chemotherapy.

Nonpeptidic tetrafluorophenoxymethyl ketone cruzain inhibitors as promising new leads for chagas disease chemotherapy.,Brak K, Kerr ID, Barrett KT, Fuchi N, Debnath M, Ang K, Engel JC, McKerrow JH, Doyle PS, Brinen LS, Ellman JA J Med Chem. 2010 Feb 25;53(4):1763-73. PMID:20088534<ref>PMID:20088534</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Cruzain|Cruzain]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Trypanosoma cruzi]]
[[Category: Brinen LS]]
[[Category: Debnath M]]
[[Category: Kerr ID]]