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Structure ; 27(1): 125-133.e4, 2019 01 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30503777

RESUMO

Enhancement of antigen-specific T cell immunity has shown significant therapeutic benefit in infectious diseases and cancer. Hematopoietic progenitor kinase-1 (HPK1) is a negative-feedback regulator of T cell receptor signaling, which dampens T cell proliferation and effector function. A recent report showed that a catalytic dead mutant of HPK1 phenocopies augmented T cell responses observed in HPK1-knockout mice, indicating that kinase activity is critical for function. We evaluated active and inactive mutants and determined crystal structures of HPK1 kinase domain (HPK1-KD) in apo and ligand bound forms. In all structures HPK1-KD displays a rare domain-swapped dimer, in which the activation segment comprises a well-conserved dimer interface. Biophysical measurements show formation of dimer in solution. The activation segment adopts an α-helical structure which exhibits distinct orientations in active and inactive states. This face-to-face configuration suggests that the domain-swapped dimer may possess alternative selectivity for certain substrates of HPK1 under relevant cellular context.


Assuntos
Domínio Catalítico , Multimerização Proteica , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/química , Animais , Humanos , Simulação de Dinâmica Molecular , Ligação Proteica , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases/metabolismo , Células Sf9 , Spodoptera
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett ; 24(16): 3764-71, 2014 Aug 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25037916

RESUMO

A novel class of 3-hydroxy-2-mercaptocyclohex-2-enone-containing inhibitors of human lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was identified through a high-throughput screening approach. Biochemical and surface plasmon resonance experiments performed with a screening hit (LDHA IC50=1.7 µM) indicated that the compound specifically associated with human LDHA in a manner that required simultaneous binding of the NADH co-factor. Structural variation of this screening hit resulted in significant improvements in LDHA biochemical inhibition activity (best IC50=0.18 µM). Two crystal structures of optimized compounds bound to human LDHA were obtained and explained many of the observed structure-activity relationships. In addition, an optimized inhibitor exhibited good pharmacokinetic properties after oral administration to rats (F=45%).


Assuntos
Cicloexanonas/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/antagonistas & inibidores , Compostos de Sulfidrila/farmacologia , Administração Oral , Animais , Cicloexanonas/administração & dosagem , Cicloexanonas/química , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Inibidores Enzimáticos/administração & dosagem , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala , Humanos , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Compostos de Sulfidrila/administração & dosagem , Compostos de Sulfidrila/química
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Biochemistry ; 43(26): 8322-32, 2004 Jul 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15222745

RESUMO

Mercury resistant bacteria have developed a system of two enzymes (MerA and MerB), which allows them to efficiently detoxify both ionic and organomercurial compounds. The organomercurial lyase (MerB) catalyzes the protonolysis of the carbon-mercury bond resulting in the formation of ionic mercury and a reduced hydrocarbon. The ionic mercury [Hg(II)] is subsequently reduced to the less reactive elemental mercury [Hg(0)] by a specific mercuric reductase (MerA). To better understand MerB's unique enzymatic activity, we used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the structure of the free enzyme. MerB is characterized by a novel protein fold consisting of three noninteracting antiparallel beta-sheets surrounded by six alpha-helices. By comparing the NMR data of free MerB and the MerB/Hg/DTT complex, we identified a set of residues that likely define a Hg/DTT binding site. These residues cluster around two cysteines (C(96) and C(159)) that are crucial to MerB's catalytic activity. A detailed analysis of the structure revealed the presence of an extensive hydrophobic groove adjacent to this Hg/DTT binding site. This extensive hydrophobic groove has the potential to interact with the hydrocarbon moiety of a wide variety of substrates and may explain the broad substrate specificity of MerB.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Liases/química , Mercúrio/farmacologia , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sítios de Ligação , Carbono/química , Catálise , Cisteína/química , Resistência a Medicamentos , Hidrocarbonetos , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Íons , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Mercúrio/química , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Compostos Organomercúricos/química , Plasmídeos/metabolismo , Conformação Proteica , Dobramento de Proteína , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Especificidade por Substrato , Temperatura
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Biochemistry ; 41(32): 10287-96, 2002 Aug 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12162744

RESUMO

The bacterial plasmid-encoded organomercurial lyase, MerB (EC 4.99.1.2), catalyzes the protonolysis of organomercury compounds yielding Hg(II) and the corresponding protonated hydrocarbon. A small, soluble protein with no known homologues, MerB is widely distributed among eubacteria in three phylogenetically distinct subfamilies whose most prominent motif includes three conserved cysteine residues. We found that the 212-residue MerB encoded by plasmid R831b is a cytosolic enzyme, consistent with its high thiol requirement in vitro. MerB is inhibited by the nonphysiological dithiol DTT but uses the physiological thiols, glutathione and cysteine, equally well. Highly conserved Cys96 and Cys159 are essential for activity, whereas weakly conserved Cys160 is not. Proteins mutant in highly conserved Cys117 are insoluble. All MerB cysteines are DTNB-reactive in native and denatured states except Cys117, which fails to react with DTNB in the native form, suggesting it is buried. Mass spectrometric analysis of trypsin fragments of reduced proteins treated with N-ethylmaleimide or iodoacetamide revealed that all cysteines form covalent adducts and remain covalently modifiable even when exposed to 1:1 PHMB prior to treatment with NEM or IAM. Stable PHMB adducts were also observed on all cysteines in mutant proteins, suggesting rapid exchange of PHMB among the remaining protein thiols. However, PHMB exposure of reduced wild-type MerB yielded only Hg adducts on the Cys159/Cys160 peptide, suggesting a trapped reaction intermediate. Using HPLC to follow release of benzoic acid from PHMB, we confirmed that fully reduced wild-type MerB and mutant C160S can carry out a single protonolysis without exogenous thiols. On the basis of the foregoing we refine the previously proposed S(E)2 mechanism for protonolysis by MerB.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Liases/química , Compostos Organomercúricos/química , Compostos de Sulfidrila/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Bactérias/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Cisteína/química , Cisteína/genética , Cisteína/fisiologia , Citosol/enzimologia , Ácido Ditionitrobenzoico/química , Ditiotreitol/farmacologia , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Etilmaleimida/farmacologia , Glutationa/química , Glutationa/fisiologia , Hidroximercuribenzoatos/farmacologia , Iodoacetamida/farmacologia , Cinética , Liases/antagonistas & inibidores , Liases/genética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Especificidade por Substrato/efeitos dos fármacos , Compostos de Sulfidrila/fisiologia
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