9qa4

Drosophila melanogaster angiotensin converting enzyme homologue, AnCE in complex with WR dipeptide

spinqualitylabelsall models 9qa4, resolution 1.85Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 9qa4 is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus and Drosophila melanogaster. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: X-ray diffraction, Resolution 1.85Å Ligands: BMA, FLC, MAN, NAG, ZN Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function ACE_DROME May be involved in the specific maturation or degradation of a number of bioactive peptides. May play a role in the contractions of the heart, gut and testes, and in spermatid differentiation. Publication Abstract from PubMed Human angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) is involved in vasoregulation, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disorders. The enzyme is formed of two domains; the C-domain (cACE) is primarily involved in blood pressure regulation, whereas the N-domain (nACE) is strongly linked to fibrosis; hence, designing domain-specific inhibitors could make a difference between treating one condition without having a negative effect on another. AnCE (a close homologue of ACE) is derived from Drosophila melanogaster and has a high similarity specifically to cACE. Due to high similarity and ease of crystallisation, AnCE has been chosen as a model protein for ACE studies and for the design of ACE inhibitors. In this study, enzyme kinetic assays and X-ray crystallography techniques revealed the significance of using dipeptides as selective inhibitors for AnCE and how this knowledge could be applied to cACE and nACE. All the dipeptides tested in this study were shown to bind AnCE in two distinct locations, i.e., the non-prime and prime subsites. It was found that a hydrophobic residue at the S1 and S1' subsites, with a tryptophan at the S2 and S2' subsites, showed highest affinity towards AnCE. It was also observed that a key pocket within the S2' subsite had a major influence on the binding orientation within the prime subsites and could potentially explain ACE's dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase activity. Importantly these dipeptides are found in functional foods, making them potentially available from diets. Knowledge of the dipeptide binding presented here could aid in the development of ACE domain-specific inhibitors. Molecular Basis of Dipeptide Recognition in Drosophila melanogaster Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Homologue, AnCE.,Zukowska J, Gregory KS, Robinson A, Isaac RE, Acharya KR Biomolecules. 2025 Apr 16;15(4):591. doi: 10.3390/biom15040591. PMID:40305366 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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