Joint X-ray/neutron crystallographic study of HIV-1 protease with clinical inhibitor amprenavir: Insights for drug design

Irene T. Weber, Mary Jo Waltman, Marat Mustyakimov, Matthew P. Blakeley, David A. Keen, Arun K. Ghosh, Paul Langan, Andrey Y. Kovalevsky

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Abstract

HIV-1 protease is an important target for the development of antiviral inhibitors to treat AIDS. A room-temperature joint X-ray/neutron structure of the protease in complex with clinical drug amprenavir has been determined at 2.0 Å resolution. The structure provides direct determination of hydrogen atom positions in the enzyme active site. Analysis of the enzyme-drug interactions suggests that some hydrogen bonds may be weaker than deduced from the non-hydrogen interatomic distances. This information may be valuable for the design of improved protease inhibitors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5631-5635
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume56
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 11 2013

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