title: Binding mode of CA074, a specific irreversible inhibitor, to bovine cathepsin B as determined by X-ray crystal analysis of the complex.
abstract: The binding mode of CA074 [N-(L-3-trans-propylcarbamoyl-oxirane-2-carbonyl)-L-isoleucyl-L-pr oline], a specific irreversible inhibitor, to bovine spleen cathepsin B was elucidated by X-ray crystal structure analysis of the complex at 2.2 A resolution (conventional R=0.185). Inconsistently with our model used for the development of CA074, the L-isoleucyl-L-proline and propylcarbamoyl moieties are located at the S' and S subsites, respectively. This unexpected binding is primarily due to (i) similar extended chain conformations (due to the same S configurations) at the oxirane C2 and C3 atoms of CA074 and (ii) the just fit formation of double hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl oxygens of L-proline and the imidazole nitrogens of His-110 and His-111 residues (these residues are missing in papain, the tertiary structure of which was used for the design of CA074). The oxirane C3 atom possessing the P' substituent is covalently bound to the Cys-29 Sgamma atom (C3-Sgamma=1.79 A) and the S configuration is maintained. The present result will provide useful information for characterizing the substrate-specificity of cathepsin B.
authors.affiliation: Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D004151:Dipeptides; C068250:N-(3-propylcarbamoyloxirane-2-carbonyl)-isoleucyl-proline; D002401:Cathepsin B