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==Crystal structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi protein tyrosine phosphatase TcPTP1, a potential therapeutic target for Chagas' disease==
<StructureSection load='4az1' size='340' side='right'caption='[[4az1]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.18&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[4az1]] is a 2 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=4AZ1 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=4AZ1 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]] 2.181&#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=FMT:FORMIC+ACID'>FMT</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=4az1 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=4az1 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/4az1 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=4az1 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/4az1 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=4az1 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q4E4C8_TRYCC Q4E4C8_TRYCC] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Chagas' disease, a neglected tropical affliction transmitted by the flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is prevalent in Latin America and affects nearly 18 million people worldwide, yet few approved drugs are available to treat the disease. Moreover, the currently available drugs exhibit severe toxicity or are poorly effective in the chronic phase of the disease. This limitation, along with the large population at risk, underscores the urgent need to discover new molecular targets and novel therapeutic agents. Recently, the T. cruzi protein tyrosine phosphatase TcPTP1 has been implicated in the cellular differentiation and infectivity of the parasite and is therefore a promising target for the design of novel anti-parasitic drugs. Here, we report the X-ray crystal structure of TcPTP1 refined to a resolution of 2.18A, which provides structural insights into the active site environment that can be used to initiate structure-based drug design efforts to develop specific TcPTP1 inhibitors. Potential strategies to develop such inhibitors are also discussed.

Structure of the Trypanosoma cruzi protein tyrosine phosphatase TcPTP1, a potential therapeutic target for Chagas' disease.,Lountos GT, Tropea JE, Waugh DS Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2012 Nov 5. pii: S0166-6851(12)00262-9. doi:, 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.10.006. PMID:23137716<ref>PMID:23137716</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Tyrosine phosphatase 3D structures|Tyrosine phosphatase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Trypanosoma cruzi]]
[[Category: Lountos GT]]
[[Category: Tropea JE]]
[[Category: Waugh DS]]