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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 213-222Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102571
Keywords
cation-p interactions; enzyme inhibitors; factor Xa; ligand conformations; molecular recognition
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- ETH Research Council
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel
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Factor Xa, a serine protease from the blood coagulation cascade, is an ideal enzyme for molecular recognition studies, as its active site is highly shape-persistent and features distinct, concave sub-pockets. We developed a family of non-peptidic, small-molecule inhibitors with a central tricyclic core orienting a neutral heterocyclic substituent into the S1 pocket and a quaternary ammonium ion into the aromatic box in the S4 pocket. The substituents were systematically varied to investigate cationp interactions in the S4 pocket, optimal heterocyclic stacking on the flat peptide walls lining the S1 pocket, and potential water replacements in both the S1 and the S4 pockets. Structureactivity relationships were established to reveal and quantify contributions to the binding free enthalpy, resulting from single-atom replacements or positional changes in the ligands. A series of high-affinity ligands with inhibitory constants down to Ki=2 nM were obtained and their proposed binding geometries confirmed by X-ray co-crystal structures of proteinligand complexes.
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