Structural characterizations of nonpeptidic thiadiazole inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases reveal the basis for stromelysin selectivity.
Finzel, B.C., Baldwin, E.T., Bryant Jr., G.L., Hess, G.F., Wilks, J.W., Trepod, C.M., Mott, J.E., Marshall, V.P., Petzold, G.L., Poorman, R.A., O'Sullivan, T.J., Schostarez, H.J., Mitchell, M.A.(1998) Protein Sci. 7: 2118-2126
- PubMed: 9792098 
- DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071008
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
The binding of two 5-substituted-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-thione inhibitors to the matrix metalloproteinase stromelysin (MMP-3) have been characterized by protein crystallography. Both inhibitors coordinate to the catalytic zinc cation via an exocyclic su ...