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A mechanism of efficient G6PD inhibition by a molecular clip
Michael Kirsch1, Peter Talbiersky, Jolanta Polkowska
1Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Iniversitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|March 14, 2009
Abstract:
Triple duty: A synthetic molecular clip traps nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(+); see picture) as well as occupying both the cofactor- and the substrate-binding site in glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) dehydrogenase. This combination of two inhibition mechanisms makes the clip highly effective and selective for this enzyme over other dehydrogenases.

