6DEV

Human caspase-6 E35K


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.35 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.248 
  • R-Value Work: 0.205 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.208 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Identification of Allosteric Inhibitors against Active Caspase-6.

Tubeleviciute-Aydin, A.Beautrait, A.Lynham, J.Sharma, G.Gorelik, A.Deny, L.J.Soya, N.Lukacs, G.L.Nagar, B.Marinier, A.LeBlanc, A.C.

(2019) Sci Rep 9: 5504-5504

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41930-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6DEU, 6DEV

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Caspase-6 is a cysteine protease that plays essential roles in programmed cell death, axonal degeneration, and development. The excess neuronal activity of Caspase-6 is associated with Alzheimer disease neuropathology and age-dependent cognitive impairment. Caspase-6 inhibition is a promising strategy to stop early stage neurodegenerative events, yet finding potent and selective Caspase-6 inhibitors has been a challenging task due to the overlapping structural and functional similarities between caspase family members. Here, we investigated how four rare non-synonymous missense single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), resulting in amino acid substitutions outside human Caspase-6 active site, affect enzyme structure and catalytic efficiency. Three investigated SNPs were found to align with a putative allosteric pocket with low sequence conservation among human caspases. Virtual screening of 57,700 compounds against the putative Caspase-6 allosteric pocket, followed by in vitro testing of the best virtual hits in recombinant human Caspase-6 activity assays identified novel allosteric Caspase-6 inhibitors with IC 50 and K i values ranging from ~2 to 13 µM. This report may pave the way towards the development and optimisation of novel small molecule allosteric Caspase-6 inhibitors and illustrates that functional characterisation of rare natural variants holds promise for the identification of allosteric sites on other therapeutic targets in drug discovery.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Bloomfield Center for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Ch. Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Caspase-6
A, B, C, D
302Homo sapiensMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: CASP6MCH2
EC: 3.4.22.59
UniProt & NIH Common Fund Data Resources
Find proteins for P55212 (Homo sapiens)
Explore P55212 
Go to UniProtKB:  P55212
PHAROS:  P55212
GTEx:  ENSG00000138794 
Entity Groups  
Sequence Clusters30% Identity50% Identity70% Identity90% Identity95% Identity100% Identity
UniProt GroupP55212
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.35 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.248 
  • R-Value Work: 0.205 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.208 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 64.385α = 90
b = 91.326β = 91.8
c = 86.682γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
PHENIXrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)CanadaMOP-243413-BCA-CGAG-45097

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2019-03-27
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2019-04-17
    Changes: Data collection, Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2020-01-08
    Changes: Author supporting evidence
  • Version 1.3: 2023-10-11
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description