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ArticleChemMedChem2014

Crystal structure of human soluble adenylate cyclase reveals a distinct, highly flexible allosteric bicarbonate binding pocket.

Susanne M Saalau-Bethell, Valerio Berdini, Anne Cleasby, Miles Congreve, Joseph E Coyle, Victoria Lock, Christopher W Murray, M Alistair O'Brien, Sharna J Rich, Tracey Sambrook and 3 more

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Soluble adenylyl cyclase in health and disease.Biochimica et biophysica acta · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Susanne M Saalau-BethellAstex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0QA (UK).
Valerio Berdini
Anne Cleasby
Miles Congreve
Joseph E Coyle
Victoria Lock
Christopher W Murray
M Alistair O'Brien
Sharna J Rich
Tracey Sambrook
Mladen Vinkovic
Jeff R Yon
Harren Jhoti
Heptares Therapeutics (United Kingdom) · GBSt. Gregory's University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soluble adenylate cyclases catalyse the synthesis of the second messenger cAMP through the cyclisation of ATP and are the only known enzymes to be directly activated by bicarbonate. Here, we report the first crystal structure of the human enzyme that reveals a pseudosymmetrical arrangement of two catalytic domains to produce a single competent active site and a novel discrete bicarbonate binding pocket. Crystal structures of the apo protein, the protein in complex with α,β-methylene adenosine 5'-triphosphate (AMPCPP) and calcium, with the allosteric activator bicarbonate, and also with a number of inhibitors identified using fragment screening, all show a flexible active site that undergoes significant conformational changes on binding of ligands. The resulting nanomolar-potent inhibitors that were developed bind at both the substrate binding pocket and the allosteric site, and can be used as chemical probes to further elucidate the function of this protein.

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Adenylyl Cyclase InhibitorsAdenylyl CyclasesBicarbonatesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnzyme ActivationEnzyme InhibitorsHumansModels, MolecularStructure-Activity RelationshipADCY10 protein, humanAdenylyl Cyclase InhibitorsAdenylyl CyclasesBicarbonatesEnzyme Inhibitorsallosterismdrug discoveryenzyme regulationfragment screeningstructural biology

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PMID24616449
PMCPMC4506562
OpenAlexW2004739727

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