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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF PLASMEPSIN II FROM P FALCIPARUM IN COMPLEX WITH INHIBITOR RS370
OverviewOverview
Plasmepsin II is one of the four catalytically active plasmepsins found in, the food vacuole of Plasmodium falciparum. These enzymes initiate, hemoglobin degradation by cleavage at the alpha-chain between Phe33 and, Leu34. The crystal structures of Ser205 mutant plasmepsin II from P., falciparum in complex with two inhibitors have been refined at a, resolution of 1.8 A in the space group I222 and to R factors of 19.9 and, 19.5%. Each crystal contains one monomer in the asymmetric unit. Both, inhibitors have a Phe-Leu core and incorporate tetrahedral, transition-state mimetic hydroxypropylamine. The inhibitor rs367 possesses, a 2,6-dimethylphenyloxyacetyl group at the P2 position and, 3-aminobenzamide at the P2' position, while rs370 has the same P2 group, but 4-aminobenzamide in the P2' position. These complexes reveal key, conserved hydrogen bonds between the inhibitor and the binding-cavity, residues, notably with the flap residues Val78 and Ser79, the catalytic, dyad Asp34 and Asp214 and the residues Ser218 and Gly36 that are in, proximity to the catalytic dyad. The structures also show unexpected, conformational variability of the binding cavity of plasmepsin II and may, reflect the mode of binding of the hemoglobin alpha-chain for cleavage.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1LF2 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Plasmodium falciparum with R37 as ligand. Active as Plasmepsin II, with EC number 3.4.23.39 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Structures of Ser205 mutant plasmepsin II from Plasmodium falciparum at 1.8 A in complex with the inhibitors rs367 and rs370., Asojo OA, Afonina E, Gulnik SV, Yu B, Erickson JW, Randad R, Medjahed D, Silva AM, Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2002 Dec;58(Pt 12):2001-8. Epub 2002, Nov 23. PMID:12454457
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