Displacement of disordered water molecules from hydrophobic pocket creates enthalpic signature: binding of phosphonamidate to the S1'-pocket of thermolysin.
Englert, L., Biela, A., Zayed, M., Heine, A., Hangauer, D., Klebe, G.(2010) Biochim Biophys Acta 1800: 1192-1202
- PubMed: 20600625 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.06.009
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3FLF, 3FV4 - PubMed Abstract: 
Prerequisite for the design of tight binding protein inhibitors and prediction of their properties is an in-depth understanding of the structural and thermodynamic details of the binding process. A series of closely related phosphonamidates was studied to elucidate the forces underlying their binding affinity to thermolysin. The investigated inhibitors are identical except for the parts penetrating into the hydrophobic S₁'-pocket.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany.