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  • Title: Crystallographic structure of a peptidyl keto acid inhibitor and human alpha-thrombin.
    Author: Håkansson K, Tulinsky A, Abelman MM, Miller TA, Vlasuk GP, Bergum PW, Lim-Wilby MS, Brunck TK.
    Journal: Bioorg Med Chem; 1995 Aug; 3(8):1009-17. PubMed ID: 7582975.
    Abstract:
    The low molecular weight alpha-keto amide inhibitor CVS-1347, benzyl-SO2-Met(O2)-Pro-Arg(CO)((CONH)CH2)-phenyl, is a slow, tight binding inhibitor of alpha-thrombin amidolytic activity having a Ki = 1.28 x 10(-10) M. A complex between human alpha-thrombin and a hydrolysis product of CVS-1347 has been determined and refined using crystallography. The crystals belong to monoclinic space group C2 with cell dimensions of a = 71.08, b = 72.05 and c = 72.98 A and beta = 100.8 degrees. The structure was solved using isomorphous replacement methods and refined with resolution limits of (8.00-1.76) A to an R-value of 0.162. The Pro-Arg core of the inhibitor binds in the S2 and S1 subsites respectively, as is usually observed for Pro-Arg thrombin inhibitors. The Met(O2) side chain does not make any close contacts with the enzyme but influences the conformation of Glu192; the N-terminal benzylsulfonyl group makes an aromatic-aromatic contact with Trp215 in the hydrophobic part of the active site. The alpha-keto carboxylic acid of the proteolyzed inhibitor binds with the carboxylate group in the oxyanion hole, demonstrating that this region can accommodate an anion in a protease-peptide complex. The alpha-keto carbonyl group interacts closely with the two most important residues in the active site: the carbon atom is within a covalent bond distance of the active site Ser195 O gamma and the carbonyl oxygen is hydrogen bonded to His57.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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