PMID: 19036583

Authors:

Steele TG, Hills ID, Nomland AA, de Leon P, Allison T, McGaughey G, Colussi D, Tugusheva K, Haugabook SJ, Espeseth AS, Zuck P, Graham SL, Stachel SJ

Title:

Identification of a small molecule beta-secretase inhibitor that binds without catalytic aspartate engagement.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jan 1;19(1):17-20. Epub 2008 Nov 13.

Abstract:

A small molecule inhibitor of beta-secretase with a unique binding mode has been developed. Crystallographic determination of the enzyme-inhibitor complex shows the catalytic aspartate residues in the active site are not engaged in inhibitor binding. This unprecedented binding mode in the field of aspartyl protease inhibition is described.