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Structural basis of resistance to anti-cytochrome bc₁ complex inhibitors: implication for drug improvement.


ABSTRACT: The emergence of drug resistance has devastating economic and social consequences, a testimonial of which is the rise and fall of inhibitors against the respiratory component cytochrome bc₁ complex, a time tested and highly effective target for disease control. Unfortunately, the mechanism of resistance is a multivariate problem, including primarily mutations in the gene of the cytochrome b subunit but also activation of alternative pathways of ubiquinol oxidation and pharmacokinetic effects. There is a considerable interest in designing new bc₁ inhibitors with novel modes of binding and lower propensity to induce the development of resistance. The accumulation of crystallographic data of bc₁ complexes with and without inhibitors bound provides the structural basis for rational drug design. In particular, the cytochrome b subunit offers two distinct active sites that can be targeted for inhibition - the quinol oxidation site and the quinone reduction site. This review brings together available structural information of inhibited bc₁ by various quinol oxidation- and reductionsite inhibitors, the inhibitor binding modes, conformational changes upon inhibitor binding of side chains in the active site and large scale domain movements of the iron-sulfur protein subunit. Structural data analysis provides a clear understanding of where and why existing inhibitors fail and points towards promising alternatives.

SUBMITTER: Esser L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4788501 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Structural basis of resistance to anti-cytochrome bc₁ complex inhibitors: implication for drug improvement.

Esser Lothar L   Yu Chang-An CA   Xia Di D  

Current pharmaceutical design 20140101 5


The emergence of drug resistance has devastating economic and social consequences, a testimonial of which is the rise and fall of inhibitors against the respiratory component cytochrome bc₁ complex, a time tested and highly effective target for disease control. Unfortunately, the mechanism of resistance is a multivariate problem, including primarily mutations in the gene of the cytochrome b subunit but also activation of alternative pathways of ubiquinol oxidation and pharmacokinetic effects. Th  ...[more]

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