Re-emerging Aspartic Protease Targets: Examining Cryptococcus neoformans Major Aspartyl Peptidase 1 as a Target for Antifungal Drug Discovery.
Re-emerging Aspartic Protease Targets: Examining Cryptococcus neoformans Major Aspartyl Peptidase 1 as a Target for Antifungal Drug Discovery.
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10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02177
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发表时间:
2021-05-27
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Konvalinka J
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Kryštůfek R;Šácha P;Starková J;Brynda J;Hradilek M;Tloušt'ová E;Grzymska J;Rut W;Boucher MJ;Drąg M;Majer P;Hájek M;Řezáčová P;Madhani HD;Craik CS;Konvalinka J
Cryptococcosis is an invasive infection that accounts for 15% of AIDS-related fatalities. Still, treating cryptococcosis remains a significant challenge due to the poor availability of effective antifungal therapies and emergence of drug resistance. Interestingly, protease inhibitor components of antiretroviral therapy regimens have shown some clinical benefits in these opportunistic infections. We investigated Major aspartyl peptidase 1 (May1), a secreted Cryptococcus neoformans protease, as a possible target for the development of drugs that act against both fungal and retroviral aspartyl proteases. Here, we describe the biochemical characterization of May1, present its high-resolution X-ray structure, and provide its substrate specificity analysis. Through combinatorial screening of 11,520 compounds, we identified a potent inhibitor of May1 and HIV protease. This dual-specificity inhibitor exhibits antifungal activity in yeast culture, low cytotoxicity, and low off-target activity against host proteases and could thus serve as a lead compound for further development of May1 and HIV protease inhibitors.
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DOI:
10.1039/jr9310001456
发表时间:
1931-01-01
期刊:
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY
影响因子:
--
作者:
Britton, HTS;Robinson, RA
通讯作者:
Robinson, RA
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
ALTERI, E;BOLD, G;WOODSCOOK, K
通讯作者:
WOODSCOOK, K
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13600.x
发表时间:
1987-11-16
期刊:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
影响因子:
--
作者:
COOPER, J;FOUNDLING, S;SZELKE, M
通讯作者:
SZELKE, M
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Callebaut, Christian;Stray, Kirsten;Cihlar, Tomas
通讯作者:
Cihlar, Tomas
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.86.24.9752
发表时间:
1989-12-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
DREYER, GB;METCALF, BW;MEEK, TD
通讯作者:
MEEK, TD