Catechols: a new class of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
D'Ambrosio, K., Carradori, S., Cesa, S., Angeli, A., Monti, S.M., Supuran, C.T., De Simone, G.(2020) Chem Commun (Camb) 56: 13033-13036
- PubMed: 33000794 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cc05172a
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6YRI - PubMed Abstract: 
To date, catechols have been only poorly investigated as carbonic anhydrase (CA) inhibitors. Here we report the first structural information on the CA inhibition mechanism of these molecules, showing that they adopt a peculiar binding mode to the enzyme active site which involves the zinc-bound water molecule and the "deep water".
Organizational Affiliation: 
Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, Naples, Italy. katia.dambrosio@cnr.it giuseppina.desimone@cnr.it.