Structure of human cytidine deaminase bound to a potent inhibitor

Sang J. Chung, J. Christopher Fromme, Gregory L. Verdine

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Abstract

Human cytidine deaminase (CDA) is an enzyme prominent for its role in catalyzing metabolic processing of nucleoside-type anticancer and antiviral agents. It is thus a promising target for the development of small molecule therapeutic adjuvants. We report the first crystal structure of human CDA as a complex with a tight-binding inhibitor, diazepinone riboside 1. The structure reveals that inhibitor 1 is able to establish a canonical π/π-interaction with a key active site residue, Phe 137.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)658-660
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume48
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes

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