5xg4 | pdb_00005xg4
Crystal structure of uPA in complex with quercetin
Structural highlights
Disease[UROK_HUMAN] Defects in PLAU are the cause of Quebec platelet disorder (QPD) [MIM:601709]. QPD is an autosomal dominant bleeding disorder due to a gain-of-function defect in fibrinolysis. Although affected individuals do not exhibit systemic fibrinolysis, they show delayed onset bleeding after challenge, such as surgery. The hallmark of the disorder is markedly increased PLAU levels within platelets, which causes intraplatelet plasmin generation and secondary degradation of alpha-granule proteins.[1] Function[UROK_HUMAN] Specifically cleaves the zymogen plasminogen to form the active enzyme plasmin. Publication Abstract from PubMedQuercetin is a member of the flavonoids and was previously demonstrated to inhibit trypsin-like serine proteases at micromolar potencies. Different molecular models were proposed to explain such inhibition. However, controversies remain on the molecular details of inhibition. Here, we report the X-ray crystal structure of quercetin in a complex with the urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), an archetypical serine protease. The structure showed that quercetin binds to the specific substrate binding pocket (S1 pocket) of uPA mainly through its two neighboring phenolic hydroxyl groups. Our study thus provides unambiguous evidence to support quercetin binding to serine proteases and defines the molecular basis of the interaction. Our results further establish that natural products with two adjacent phenolic hydroxyl groups (or catechol) are likely to inhibit other trypsin-like serine proteases, a new mechanism formerly under-recognized. A structural mechanism of flavonoids in inhibiting serine proteases.,Xue G, Gong L, Yuan C, Xu M, Wang X, Jiang L, Huang M Food Funct. 2017 Jul 19;8(7):2437-2443. doi: 10.1039/c6fo01825d. PMID:28644504[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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