4kcq

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Structure of bovine endothelial nitric oxide synthase heme domain in complex with N-(4-(2-(ethyl(3-(thiophene-2-carboximidamido)benzyl)amino)ethyl)phenyl)thiophene-2-carboximidamide

Structural highlights

4kcq is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Bos taurus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.03Å
Ligands:1QF, ACT, CAS, GOL, H4B, HEM, ZN
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

NOS3_BOVIN Produces nitric oxide (NO) which is implicated in vascular smooth muscle relaxation through a cGMP-mediated signal transduction pathway. NO mediates vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-induced angiogenesis in coronary vessels and promotes blood clotting through the activation of platelets.

Publication Abstract from PubMed

Selective inhibitors of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) are regarded as valuable and powerful agents with therapeutic potential for the treatment of chronic neurodegenerative pathologies and human melanoma. Here, we describe a novel hybrid strategy that combines the pharmacokinetically promising thiophene-2-carboximidamide fragment and structural features of our previously reported potent and selective aminopyridine inhibitors. Two inhibitors, 13 and 14, show low nanomolar inhibitory potency (Ki = 5 nM for nNOS) and good isoform selectivities (nNOS over eNOS [440- and 540-fold, respectively] and over iNOS [260- and 340-fold, respectively]). The crystal structures of these nNOS-inhibitor complexes reveal a new hot spot that explains the selectivity of 14 and why converting the secondary to tertiary amine leads to enhanced selectivity. More importantly, these compounds are the first highly potent and selective nNOS inhibitory agents that exhibit excellent in vitro efficacy in melanoma cell lines.

Potent and Selective Double-Headed Thiophene-2-carboximidamide Inhibitors of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase for the Treatment of Melanoma.,Huang H, Li H, Yang S, Chreifi G, Martasek P, Roman LJ, Meyskens FL, Poulos TL, Silverman RB J Med Chem. 2014 Jan 30. PMID:24447275[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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References

  1. Huang H, Li H, Yang S, Chreifi G, Martasek P, Roman LJ, Meyskens FL, Poulos TL, Silverman RB. Potent and Selective Double-Headed Thiophene-2-carboximidamide Inhibitors of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase for the Treatment of Melanoma. J Med Chem. 2014 Jan 30. PMID:24447275 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm401252e

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PDB ID 4kcq

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