PMID: 22531842

Authors:

Martin DP, Cohen SM

Title:

Nucleophile recognition as an alternative inhibition mode for benzoic acid based carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.

Journal:

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 May 28;48(43):5259-61. Epub 2012 Apr 24.

Abstract:

A series of hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives have shown inhibitory activity against carbonic anhydrase (CA). X-ray crystallography shows that these molecules inhibit not by binding the active site metal ion but by strong hydrogen bonding to the metal-bound water nucleophile. The binding mode observed for these molecules is distinct when compared to other non-metal-binding CA inhibitors.