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2R9B

Structural Analysis of Plasmepsin 2 from Plasmodium falciparum complexed with a peptide-based inhibitor

Summary for 2R9B
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb2r9b/pdb
Related PRD IDPRD_000306
DescriptorPlasmepsin-2, peptide-based inhibitor (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsbeta fold aspartyl protease, glycoprotein, vacuole, zymogen, hydrolase-hydrolase inhibitor complex, hydrolase/hydrolase inhibitor
Biological sourcePlasmodium falciparum
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Cellular locationVacuole: P46925
Total number of polymer chains4
Total formula weight75839.86
Authors
Liu, P.,Marzahn, M.R.,Robbins, A.H.,McKenna, R.,Dunn, B.M. (deposition date: 2007-09-12, release date: 2007-11-27, Last modification date: 2023-11-15)
Primary citationLiu, P.,Marzahn, M.R.,Robbins, A.H.,Gutierrez-de-Teran, H.,Rodriguez, D.,McClung, S.H.,Stevens, S.M.,Yowell, C.A.,Dame, J.B.,McKenna, R.,Dunn, B.M.
Recombinant plasmepsin 1 from the human malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum: enzymatic characterization, active site inhibitor design, and structural analysis.
Biochemistry, 48:4086-4099, 2009
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PubMed Abstract: A mutated form of truncated proplasmepsin 1 (proPfPM1) from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, proPfPM1 K110pN, was generated and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The automaturation process was carried out at pH 4.0 and 4.5, and the optimal catalytic pH of the resulting mature PfPM1 was determined to be pH 5.5. This mature PfPM1 showed comparable binding affinity to peptide substrates and inhibitors with the naturally occurring form isolated from parasites. The S3-S3' subsite preferences of the recombinant mature PfPM1 were explored using combinatorial chemistry based peptide libraries. On the basis of the results, a peptidomimetic inhibitor (compound 1) was designed and yielded 5-fold selectivity for binding to PfPM1 versus the homologous human cathepsin D (hcatD). The 2.8 A structure of the PfPM2-compound 1 complex is reported. Modeling studies were conducted using a series of peptidomimetic inhibitors (compounds 1-6, Table 3) and three plasmepsins: the crystal structure of PfPM2, and homology derived models of PfPM1 and PfPM4.
PubMed: 19271776
DOI: 10.1021/bi802059r
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X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.8 Å)
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