Journal
IUCRJ
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages 319-325Publisher
INT UNION CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DOI: 10.1107/S2052252516010514
Keywords
human carbonic anhydrase; acetazolamide; methazolamide; neutron structure; drug binding
Funding
- Shull Fellowship
- US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Scientific User Facilities Division
- National Science Foundation [0922719]
- US Department of Energy [DE-AC05-00OR22725]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [0922719] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Carbonic anhydrases (CAs; EC 4.2.1.1) catalyze the interconversion of CO2 and HCO3-, and their inhibitors have long been used as diuretics and as a therapeutic treatment for many disorders such as glaucoma and epilepsy. Acetazolamide (AZM) and methazolamide (MZM, a methyl derivative of AZM) are two of the classical CA inhibitory drugs that have been used clinically for decades. The jointly refined X-ray/neutron structure of MZM in complex with human CA isoform II (hCA II) has been determined to a resolution of 2.2 angstrom with an R-cryst of similar to 16.0%. Presented in this article, along with only the second neutron structure of a clinical drug-bound hCA, is an in-depth structural comparison and analyses of differences in hydrogen-bonding network, water-molecule orientation and solvent displacement that take place upon the binding of AZM and MZM in the active site of hCA II. Even though MZM is slightly more hydrophobic and displaces more waters than AZM, the overall binding affinity (K-i) for both of the drugs against hCA II is similar (similar to 10 nM). The plausible reasons behind this finding have also been discussed using molecular dynamics and X-ray crystal structures of hCA II-MZM determined at cryotemperature and room temperature. This study not only allows a direct comparison of the hydrogen bonding, protonation states and solvent orientation/displacement of AZM and MZM, but also shows the significant effect that the methyl derivative has on the solvent organization in the hCA II active site.
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