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Multiple solvent crystal structures: probing binding sites, plasticity and hydration.

Carla Mattos1, Cornelia R Bellamacina, Ezra Peisach

  • 1Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7622, 128 Polk Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. carla_mattos@ncsu.edu

Journal of Molecular Biology
|February 21, 2006
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Multiple solvent crystal structures mapped porcine pancreatic elastase's binding surface, revealing organic solvent clusters in the active site. This technique identifies enzyme hot spots and plasticity, aiding drug design.

Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Structural Biology
  • Enzyme kinetics

Background:

  • Porcine pancreatic elastase is a serine protease implicated in various physiological and pathological processes.
  • Understanding enzyme-ligand interactions is crucial for drug discovery and development.
  • Multiple Solvent Crystal Structures (MSCS) offers a novel approach to probe enzyme binding sites.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To map the binding surface of porcine pancreatic elastase using MSCS.
  • To identify key interaction areas, including hot spots, plasticity, and hydration patterns.
  • To evaluate MSCS as a complementary strategy for computational drug design.

Main Methods:

  • Determined crystal structures of elastase in the presence of various organic solvents (acetonitrile, acetone, dimethylformamide, etc.).

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  • Analyzed the distribution and clustering of solvent molecules within the enzyme's active site and crystal contacts.
  • Visualized areas of plasticity and the first hydration shell of the enzyme.

    • Main Results:

    • Organic solvent molecules preferentially clustered within the active site of elastase, coinciding with known inhibitor binding pockets.
    • MSCS revealed areas of plasticity and a nearly complete first hydration shell.
    • The observed solvent clustering patterns align with general hot spot patterns in protein-ligand interactions.

    Conclusions:

    • MSCS effectively maps enzyme binding surfaces and identifies critical interaction regions.
    • The method simultaneously probes hot spots, plasticity, and hydration, offering valuable insights.
    • MSCS serves as a powerful complementary strategy to enhance computational methods for enzyme binding site determination, docking, and design.