1M9R

human endothelial nitric oxide synthase with 3-Bromo-7-Nitroindazole bound


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.56 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.266 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 

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Literature

Conformational Changes in Nitric Oxide Synthases Induced by Chlorzoxazone and Nitroindazoles: Crystallographic and Computational Analyses of Inhibitor Potency

Rosenfeld, R.J.Garcin, E.D.Panda, K.Andersson, G.Aberg, A.Wallace, A.V.Morris, G.M.Olson, A.J.Stuehr, D.J.Tainer, J.A.Getzoff, E.D.

(2002) Biochemistry 41: 13915-13925

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi026313j
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1M8D, 1M8E, 1M8H, 1M8I, 1M9J, 1M9K, 1M9M, 1M9Q, 1M9R, 1M9T

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Nitric oxide is a key signaling molecule in many biological processes, making regulation of nitric oxide levels highly desirable for human medicine and for advancing our understanding of basic physiology. Designing inhibitors to specifically target one of the three nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isozymes that form nitric oxide from the L-Arg substrate poses a significant challenge due to the overwhelmingly conserved active sites. We report here 10 new X-ray crystallographic structures of inducible and endothelial NOS oxygenase domains cocrystallized with chlorzoxazone and four nitroindazoles: 5-nitroindazole, 6-nitroindazole, 7-nitroindazole, and 3-bromo-7-nitroindazole. Each of these bicyclic aromatic inhibitors has only one hydrogen bond donor and therefore cannot form the bidentate hydrogen bonds that the L-Arg substrate makes with Glu371. Instead, all of these inhibitors induce a conformational change in Glu371, creating an active site with altered molecular recognition properties. The cost of this conformational change is approximately 1-2 kcal, based on our measured constants for inhibitor binding to the wild-type and E371A mutant proteins. These inhibitors derive affinity by pi-stacking above the heme and replacing both intramolecular (Glu371-Met368) and intermolecular (substrate-Trp366) hydrogen bonds to the beta-sheet architecture underlying the active site. When bound to NOS, high-affinity inhibitors in this class are planar, whereas weaker inhibitors are nonplanar. Isozyme differences were observed in the pterin cofactor site, the heme propionate, and inhibitor positions. Computational docking predictions match the crystallographic results, including the Glu371 conformational change and inhibitor-binding orientations, and support a combined crystallographic and computational approach to isozyme-specific NOS inhibitor analysis and design.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, MB-4, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
endothelial Nitric-oxide synthase
A, B
415Homo sapiensMutation(s): 0 
EC: 1.14.13.39
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PHAROS:  P29474
GTEx:  ENSG00000164867 
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UniProt GroupP29474
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 2.56 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.266 
  • R-Value Work: 0.208 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 21
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 68.625α = 90
b = 90.28β = 90
c = 155.49γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
DENZOdata reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling
CNSrefinement
CNSphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2002-08-14
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-28
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2024-02-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations