title: Structural interaction of natural and synthetic inhibitors with the venom metalloproteinase, atrolysin C (form d).
abstract: The structure of the metalloproteinase and hemorrhagic toxin atrolysin C form d (EC 3.4.24.42), from the venom of the western diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, has been determined to atomic resolution by x-ray crystallographic methods. This study illuminates the nature of inhibitor binding with natural (< Glu-Asn-Trp, where < Glu is pyroglutamic acid) and synthetic (SCH 47890) ligands. The primary specificity pocket is exceptionally deep; the nature of inhibitor and productive substrate binding is discussed. Insights gained from the study of these complexes facilitate the design of potential drugs to treat diseases where matrix metalloproteinases have been implicated, e.g., arthritis and tumor metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Botos
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Gomis-Rüth
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doll
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blood
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Njoroge
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D003435:Crotalid Venoms; C065557:N-(2-isobutyl-3-(N'-hydroxycarbonylamido)propanoyl)-O-methyltyrosinemethylamide; D014443:Tyrosine; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C089232:atrolysin C; D015032:Zinc