Exploring benzoxaborole derivatives as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: a structural and computational analysis reveals their conformational variability as a tool to increase enzyme selectivity.
Langella, E., Alterio, V., D'Ambrosio, K., Cadoni, R., Winum, J.Y., Supuran, C.T., Monti, S.M., De Simone, G., Di Fiore, A.(2019) J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 34: 1498-1505
- PubMed: 31423863 
- DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2019.1653291
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6RVF, 6RVK, 6RVL, 6RW1 - PubMed Abstract: 
Recent studies identified the benzoxaborole moiety as a new zinc-binding group able to interact with carbonic anhydrase (CA) active site. Here, we report a structural analysis of benzoxaboroles containing urea/thiourea groups, showing that these molecules are very versatile since they can bind the enzyme assuming different binding conformations and coordination geometries of the catalytic zinc ion ...