Structure based discovery of small molecules to regulate the activity of human insulin degrading enzyme.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is an allosteric Zn(+2) metalloprotease involved in the degradation of many peptides including amyloid-β, and insulin that play key roles in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), respectively. Therefore, the use of therapeutic agents that regulate the activity of IDE would be a viable approach towards generating pharmaceutical treatments for these diseases. Crystal structure of IDE revealed that N-terminal has an exosite which is ∼30 Å away from the catalytic region and serves as a regulation site by orientation of the substrates of IDE to the catalytic site. It is possible to find small molecules that bind to the exosite of IDE and enhance its proteolytic activity towards different substrates.

Methodology/princip

SUBMITTER: Cakir B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3280214 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature