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==Structural Analysis of Pneumocystis carinii and Human DHFR Complexes with NADPH and a Series of Potent 5-(omega-carboxyl(alkyloxy)pyrido[2,-d]pyrimidine Derivatives==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3nzb]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumocystis_carinii Pneumocystis carinii]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3NZB OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3NZB FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.45&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=D2N:ETHYL+6-{3-[(2,4-DIAMINO-5-METHYLPYRIDO[2,3-D]PYRIMIDIN-6-YL)METHYL]-4-METHOXYPHENOXY}HEXANOATE'>D2N</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NDP:NADPH+DIHYDRO-NICOTINAMIDE-ADENINE-DINUCLEOTIDE+PHOSPHATE'>NDP</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3nzb FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3nzb OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3nzb PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3nzb RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3nzb PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3nzb ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/DYR_PNECA DYR_PNECA] Key enzyme in folate metabolism. Catalyzes an essential reaction for de novo glycine and purine synthesis, and for DNA precursor synthesis.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Structural data are reported for five antifolates, namely 2,4-diamino-6-[5'-(5-carboxypentyloxy)-2'-methoxybenzyl]-5-methylpyrido[2, 3-d]pyrimidine, (1), and the 5'-[3-(ethoxycarbonyl)propoxy]-, (2), 5'-[3-(ethoxycarbonyl)butoxy]-, (3), 5'-[3-(ethoxycarbonyl)pentyloxy]-, (4), and 5'-benzyloxy-, (5), derivatives, which are potent and selective for Pneumocystis carinii dihydrofolate reductase (pcDHFR). Crystal structures are reported for their ternary complexes with NADPH and pcDHFR refined to between 1.4 and 2.0 A resolution and for that of 3 with human DHFR (hDHFR) to 1.8 A resolution. These data reveal that the carboxylate of the omega-carboxyalkoxy side chain of 1, the most potent inhibitor in this series, forms ionic interactions with the conserved Arg75 in the substrate-binding pocket of pcDHFR, whereas the less potent ethyl esters of 2-4 bind with variable side-chain conformations. The benzyloxy side chain of 5 makes no contact with Arg75 and is the least active inhibitor in this series. These structural results suggest that the weaker binding of this series compared with that of their pyrimidine homologs in part arises from the flexibility observed in their side-chain conformations, which do not optimize intermolecular contact to Arg75. Structural data for the binding of 3 to both hDHFR and pcDHFR reveals that the inhibitor binds in two different conformations, one similar to each of the two conformations observed for the parent pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine, piritrexim (PTX), bound to hDHFR. The structure of the pcDHFR complex of 4 reveals disorder in the side-chain orientation; one orientation has the omega-carboxyalkoxy side chain positioned in the folate-binding pocket similar to the others in this series, while the second orientation occupies a new site near the nicotinamide ring of NADPH. This alternate binding site has not been observed in other DHFR structures. Structural data for the pcDHFR complex of 5 show that its benzyl side chain forms intermolecular van der Waals interactions with Phe69 in the binding pocket that could account for its enhanced binding selectivity compared with the other analogs in this series.

Structural analysis of Pneumocystis carinii and human DHFR complexes with NADPH and a series of five potent 6-[5'-(omega-carboxyalkoxy)benzyl]pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives.,Cody V, Pace J Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2011 Jan;67(Pt 1):1-7. Epub 2010 Dec, 16. PMID:21206056<ref>PMID:21206056</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures|Dihydrofolate reductase 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Pneumocystis carinii]]
[[Category: Cody V]]