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Introduction
- COMT responsible for degradation of catchol neurotransmitters including DA
- PD symptoms result from low levels of DA
- inhibiting COMT has potential to treat PD in conjunction with L-DOPA (a DA precursor currently used to treat PD) by increasing the bioavailability and stability of L-DOPA
- 4PCM is a COMT inhibitor being studied to better understand inhibitor interactions with COMT in order to develop better inhibitors
- carbonyl oxygen of 4PCM interacts with Trp143
Overall Structure
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Binding Interactions
Met 40, Leu 198, Tyr 200, Trp 38, and Pro 174 pocket for 4-phenyl-7, 8-dihydroxycoumarine (4PCM) Binding1 These are mostly hydrophobic interactions. Van der Waals interactions with these molecules, especially M40, and hydrogen bonds between W48 and K144 stabilize 4PCM. P174 restricts 4PCM mobility and limits interactions with the COMT protein. These stabilizing residues and evolutionarily conserved.
Additional Features
Other health condition that relates to COMT gene.
22q11.2 deletion syndrome is associated with the COMT gene.
-22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a deletion of a small piece of chromosome 22.
-chromosomal region that was deleted contains 30 to 40 genes including the COMT gene
As a result of the deletion:
- people who has this disorder have only one copy of the COMT gene in each cell
-A loss of one copy of the COMT gene in each cell leads to abnormal regulation of catechol-O-methyltransferase levels in the brain
-People with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome are more likely to develop one of these syndrome: schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
Variations in the COMT gene:
- mental illness in people without 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
- the risk of developing schizophrenia
-the effects of a particular common variation (polymorphism) in catechol-O-methyltransferase
Credits
Introduction - Jessica Royal
Overall Structure - Stephanie Bristol
Drug Binding Site - Emily Brackett
Additional Features - Anh Huynh
