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While protein synthesis in bacteria begins with a formylated methionine, the formyl group of the nascent polypeptide is removed by peptide deformylase. Since eukaryotic protein synthesis does not involve formylation and deformylation at the N-terminus, there has been increasing interest in peptide deformylase as a potential target for antibacterial chemotherapy. Toward this end and to aid in the design of effective antibiotics targeting peptide deformylase, the structures of the protein-inhibitor complexes of both the cobalt and the zinc containing Escherichia coli peptide deformylase bound to the transition-state analogue, (S)-2-O-(H-phosphonoxy)-L-caproyl-L-leucyl-p-nitroanilide (PCLNA), have been determined. The proteins for both deformylase-inhibitor complexes show basically the same fold as for the native enzyme. The PCLNA inhibitor adopts an extended conformation and fits nicely into a hydrophobic cavity located near the metal site. On the basis of these structures, guidelines for the design of high-affinity deformylase inhibitors are suggested. As our results show that the protein residues which interact with the PCLNA inhibitor are conserved over a wide variety of species, we suggest that antibiotics targeting deformylase could have wide applicability.

1BSK is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli] with <scene name='pdbligand=ZN:'>ZN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=PO4:'>PO4</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=MLN:'>MLN</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-formylmethionylaminoacyl-tRNA_deformylase N-formylmethionylaminoacyl-tRNA deformylase], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.5.1.27 3.5.1.27] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1BSK OCA].  

[[Category: Chan, M K.]]

[[Category: Rajagopalan, P T.]]

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