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JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 1292-1299出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2020.1774572
关键词
Beta carbonic anhydrase; Trichomonas vaginalis; protozoan; kinetics; crystal structure
资金
- Academy of Finland
- Jane & Aatos Erkko Foundation
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- Biocenter Finland
We report the biochemical and structural characterisation of a beta-carbonic anhydrase (beta-CA) fromTrichomonas vaginalis, a unicellular parasite responsible for one of the world's leading sexually transmitted infections, trichomoniasis. CAs are ubiquitous metalloenzymes belonging to eight evolutionarily divergent groups (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, zeta, eta, theta, and iota); humans express only alpha-CAs, whereas many clinically significant pathogens express only beta- and/or gamma-CAs. For this reason, the latter two groups of CAs are promising biomedical targets for novel antiinfective agents. The beta-CA fromT. vaginalis(TvaCA1) was recombinantly produced and biochemically characterised. The crystal structure was determined, revealing the canonical dimeric fold of beta-CAs and the main features of the enzyme active site. The comparison with the active site of human CA enzymes revealed significant differences that can be exploited for the design of inhibitors selective for the protozoan enzyme with respect to the human ones.
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