7ZCZ

Crystal Structure of truncated aspartate transcarbamoylase from Plasmodium falciparum with bound inhibitor 1-(4-chlorophenyl)methanamine


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.45 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.218 
  • R-Value Work: 0.176 

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Literature

Discovery of Small-Molecule Allosteric Inhibitors of Pf ATC as Antimalarials.

Wang, C.Zhang, B.Kruger, A.Du, X.Visser, L.Domling, A.S.S.Wrenger, C.Groves, M.R.

(2022) J Am Chem Soc 144: 19070-19077

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c08128
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    7ZCZ, 7ZEA, 7ZGS, 7ZHI, 7ZID, 7ZP2, 7ZST

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    The discovery and development of new drugs against malaria remain urgent. Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATC) has been suggested to be a promising target for antimalarial drug development. Here, we describe a series of small-molecule inhibitors of P. falciparum ATC with low nanomolar binding affinities that selectively bind to a previously unreported allosteric pocket, thereby inhibiting ATC activation. We demonstrate that the buried allosteric pocket is located close to the traditional ATC active site and that reported compounds maintain the active site of Pf ATC in its low substrate affinity/low activity conformation. These compounds inhibit parasite growth in blood stage cultures at single digit micromolar concentrations, whereas limited effects were seen against human normal lymphocytes. To our knowledge, this series represent the first Pf ATC-specific allosteric inhibitors.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    XB20 Department of Drug Design, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Aspartate carbamoyltransferase
A, B, C
349Plasmodium falciparum 3D7Mutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: PF3D7_1344800
EC: 2.1.3.2
UniProt
Find proteins for A0A5K1K910 (Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7))
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Go to UniProtKB:  A0A5K1K910
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UniProt GroupA0A5K1K910
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.45 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.218 
  • R-Value Work: 0.176 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 86.659α = 90
b = 103.628β = 117.455
c = 86.864γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
REFMACrefinement
XDSdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
PHASERphasing

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data


Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
Chinese Scholarship CouncilChina--

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2022-08-31
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2022-10-26
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2022-11-02
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.3: 2024-01-31
    Changes: Data collection, Refinement description