PMID: 14993672

Authors:

Kontopidis G, Taylor P, Walkinshaw MD

Title:

Enzymatic and structural characterization of non-peptide ligand-cyclophilin complexes.

Journal:

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2004 Mar;60(Pt 3):479-85. Epub 2004, Feb 25.

Abstract:

Piperidine ligands are described that provide the first examples of non-peptidic ligand structures for the cyclophilin family of proteins. Crystal structures of two ligand complexes are compared with the unliganded protein and show ligand-induced changes in side-chain conformation and water binding. A peptidylprolyl cis-trans-isomerase assay showed the dissociation constants of the two ligands to be 320 and 25 mM. This study also provides the first published data for both enzymatic activity and three-dimensional structure for any protein-ligand complex that binds with a high-millimolar dissociation constant. The structures may be of relevance in the field of drug design, as they suggest starting points for the design of larger tighter-binding analogues.