Journal
STRUCTURE
Volume 20, Issue 12, Pages 2161-2173Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.10.001
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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In vertebrates ecto-5'-nucleotidase (e5NT) catalyzes the hydrolysis of extracellular AMP to adenosine and represents the major control point for extracellular adenosine levels. Due to its pivotal role for activation of P1 adenosine receptors, e5NT has emerged as an appealing drug target for treatment of inflammation, chronic pain, hypoxia, and cancer. Crystal structures of the dimeric human e5NT reveal an extensive 114 degrees conformational switch between the open and closed forms of the enzyme. The dimerization interface is formed by the C-terminal domains and exhibits interchain motions of up to 13 degrees. Complex structures with adenosine and AMPCP indicate that structural control of the domain movement determines the selectivity for monophosphate nucleotides. Binding modes of nucleotide-derived and flavonoid-based compounds complexed to the C-terminal domain in the open form reveal an additional binding pocket of similar to 210 angstrom(3) that might be explored to design more potent inhibitors.
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