Structural Elucidation of a Nonpeptidic Inhibitor Specific for the Human Immunoproteasome

Autor: Eva M. Huber, Michael Groll, Haissi Cui, Regina Baur, Camille Le Chapelain, Christian Dubiella, Wolfgang Heinemeyer
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ChemBioChem. 18:523-526
ISSN: 1439-4227
Popis: Selective inhibition of the immunoproteasome is a promising approach towards the development of immunomodulatory drugs. Recently, a class of substituted thiazole compounds that combine a non-peptidic scaffold with the absence of an electrophile has been reported in a patent. Herein, we describe the mode of action of the lead compound using a sophisticated chimeric yeast model of the human immunoproteasome for structural studies. The inhibitor adopts a unique orientation perpendicular to the β5i substrate binding channel. Distinctive interactions between the inhibitor and the subpockets of the human immunoproteasome account for its isotype selectivity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE