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Structural basis of prolyl hydroxylase domain inhibition by molidustat
Authors:
William D.
Figg
(University of Oxford)
,
Michael A.
Mcdonough
(University of Oxford)
,
Rasheduzzaman
Chowdhury
(University of Oxford; University of California, San Francisco)
,
Yu
Nakashima
(University of Oxford; University of Toyama)
,
Zhihong
Zhang
(University of Oxford)
,
James P.
Holt‐martyn
(University of Oxford)
,
Alen
Krajnc
(University of Oxford)
,
Christopher J.
Schofield
(University of Oxford)
Co-authored by industrial partner:
No
Type:
Journal Paper
Journal:
Chemmedchem
, VOL 5
State:
Published (Approved)
Published:
April 2021
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
18069

Abstract: Human prolyl‐hydroxylases (PHDs) are hypoxia‐sensing 2‐oxoglutarate (2OG) oxygenases, catalysis by which suppresses the transcription of hypoxia‐inducible factor target genes. PHD inhibition enables the treatment of anaemia/ischaemia‐related disease. The PHD inhibitor Molidustat is approved for the treatment of renal anaemia; it differs from other approved/late‐stage PHD inhibitors in lacking a glycinamide side chain. The first reported crystal structures of Molidustat and IOX4 (a brain‐penetrating derivative) complexed with PHD2 reveal how their contiguous triazole, pyrazolone and pyrimidine/pyridine rings bind at the active site. The inhibitors bind to the active‐site metal in a bidentate manner through their pyrazolone and pyrimidine nitrogens, with the triazole π‐π‐stacking with Tyr303 in the 2OG binding pocket. Comparison of the new structures with other PHD inhibitor complexes reveals differences in the conformations of Tyr303, Tyr310, and a mobile loop linking β2–β3, which are involved in dynamic substrate binding/product release.
Journal Keywords: oxygenases; anaemia; hypoxia-inducible factor-alpha (HIF); Molidustat; enzyme inhibition
Diamond Keywords: Anaemia
Subject Areas:
Chemistry,
Biology and Bio-materials
Instruments:
I04-Macromolecular Crystallography
Added On:
19/04/2021 13:11
Documents:
cmdc.202100133.pdf
Discipline Tags:
Non-Communicable Diseases
Health & Wellbeing
Biochemistry
Chemistry
Structural biology
Organic Chemistry
Life Sciences & Biotech
Technical Tags:
Diffraction
Macromolecular Crystallography (MX)