6yd2
From Proteopedia
X-ray structure of furin in complex with the canavanine-based inhibitor 4-aminomethyl-phenylacetyl-canavanine-Tle-Arg-Amba
Structural highlights
FunctionFURIN_HUMAN Furin is likely to represent the ubiquitous endoprotease activity within constitutive secretory pathways and capable of cleavage at the RX(K/R)R consensus motif.[1] Publication Abstract from PubMedFurin activates numerous viral glycoproteins, and its inhibition prevents virus replication and spread. Through the replacement of arginine by the less basic canavanine, new inhibitors targeting furin in the trans-Golgi network were developed. These inhibitors exert potent antiviral activity in cell culture with much lower toxicity than arginine-derived analogues, most likely due to their reduced protonation in the blood circulation. Thus, despite its important physiological functions, furin might be a suitable antiviral drug target. The Basicity Makes the Difference: Improved Canavanine-Derived Inhibitors of the Proprotein Convertase Furin.,Lam van TV, Heindl MR, Schlutt C, Bottcher-Friebertshauser E, Bartenschlager R, Klebe G, Brandstetter H, Dahms SO, Steinmetzer T ACS Med Chem Lett. 2021 Feb 9;12(3):426-432. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00651., eCollection 2021 Mar 11. PMID:33732412[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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