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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications2015

The soluble Y115E-Y117E variant of human glutaminyl cyclase is a valid target for X-ray and NMR screening of inhibitors against Alzheimer disease.

Flavio DiPisa, Cecilia Pozzi, Manuela Benvenuti, Matteo Andreini, Guido Marconi, Stefano Mangani

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Metal Ion Binding to Human Glutaminyl Cyclase: A Structural Perspective.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  2. The structure of the human glutaminyl cyclase-SEN177 complex indicates routes for developing new potent inhibitors as possible agents for the treatment of neurological disorders.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2018
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Flavio DiPisaDipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Cecilia PozziDipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Manuela BenvenutiDipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Matteo AndreiniSiena Biotech S.p.A., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Guido MarconiSiena Biotech S.p.A., Strada del Petriccio e Belriguardo 35, 53100 Siena, Italy.
Stefano ManganiDipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
University of Siena · ITSiena Biotech (Italy) · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent developments in molecular pathology and genetics have allowed the identification of human glutaminyl cyclase (hQC) among the abnormal proteins involved in many neurodegenerative disorders. Difficulties in obtaining large quantities of pure protein may limit the use of crystallographic screening for drug development on this target. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments have led to the identification of some solvent-exposed residues that are absolutely critical to achieve increased solubility and to avoid precipitation of the enzyme in inclusion bodies when expressed in Escherichia coli. The designed variant Y115E-Y117E has been found to be able to provide large amounts of monodisperse, pure hQC from an E. coli expression system. To validate the use of the artificial construct as a target for large-scale X-ray and NMR screening campaigns in the search for new inhibitors of hQC, the X-ray crystal structures of the hQC Y115E-Y117E variant and of its adduct with the inhibitor PBD-150 were determined.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmino Acid MotifsAminoacyltransferasesCloning, MolecularCrystallizationCrystallography, X-RayEnzyme InhibitorsEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHumansImidazolesModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationNootropic AgentsProtein EngineeringAminoacyltransferasesEnzyme Inhibitorsglutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferaseImidazolesNootropic AgentsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsThioureaAlzheimer diseasecrystal structureglutaminyl cyclaseinhibitorsinhibitor screening

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PMID26249687
PMCPMC4528929
OpenAlexW1911778434

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