De novo design of α-amylase inhibitor:: A small linear mimetic of macromolecular proteinaceous ligands
De novo design of α-amylase inhibitor:: A small linear mimetic of macromolecular proteinaceous ligands
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10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.10.005
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2005-12-01
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Mares, M
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Dolecková-Maresová, L;Pavlík, M;Mares, M
We report a low molecular weight inhibitor of alpha-amylases based on a linear peptidic scaffold designed de novo through the use of combinatorial chemistry. The inhibitory motif denoted PAMI (peptide amylase inhibitor) was selected by using L-peptide libraries and was fine-tuned by the introduction of unnatural modifications. PAMI specifically inhibits glycoside hydrolases of family 13. Its interaction with porcine pancreatic alpha-amylase was characterized by inhibition kinetics, fluorescence competition assays with natural a-amylase inhibitors, and isothermal titration calorimetry. We demonstrate that the critical amino acid residues in PAMI are shared with those in the macromolecular proteinaceous inhibitors that, however, bind to alpha-amylases through a spatially scattered set of intermolecular contacts. Thus, natural molecular evolution as well as combinatorial evolution selected the same alpha-amylase binding determinants for completely different spatial frameworks.