Download MendeleyThe structure of an HIV-1 specific cell entry inhibitor in complex with the HIV-1 gp41 trimeric core.
Zhou, G., Ferrer, M., Chopra, R., Kapoor, T.M., Strassmaier, T., Weissenhorn, W., Skehel, J.J., Oprian, D., Schreiber, S.L., Harrison, S.C., Wiley, D.C.(2000) Bioorg Med Chem 8: 2219-2227
- PubMed: 11026535
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0968-0896(00)00155-3
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1FAV - PubMed Abstract:
The three-dimensional structure of the complex between an HIV-1 cell-entry inhibitor selected from screening a combinatorial library of non-natural building blocks and the central, trimeric, coiled-coil core of HIV-1 gp41 has been determined by X-ray crystallography. The biased combinatorial library was designed to identify ligands binding in nonpolar pockets on the surface of the coiled-coil core of gp41. The crystal structure shows that the non-peptide moiety of the inhibitor binds to the targeted cavity in two different binding modes. This result suggests a strategy for increasing inhibitor potency by use of a second-generation combinatorial library designed to give simultaneous occupancy of both binding sites.
Organizational Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
