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| | Biological Assay |
| Description: | Most known kinase inhibitors bind in the ATP-binding pocket of the active site19,20. These inhibitors exploit many of the same hydrophobic contacts as the purine ring of ATP and make at least one conserved hydrogen bond to the hinge region. Potent inhibitors also occupy at least one hydrophobic pocket adjacent to the ATP-binding site. These additional hydrophobic interactions increase both binding affinity and target selectivity of the inhibitor because there is substantial heterogeneity among different kinases in these regions. Examination of the TgCDPK1 sequence in the vicinity of the ATP-binding pocket (FIG. 2b ) shows that it contains a glycine residue at a position that has been termed the gatekeeper residue because it constrains access to the ATP-binding site21-23. The glycine at this position in TgCDPK1 (Gly128) is expected to create a much larger pocket off the ATP-binding site than is typically seen in protein kinases and comparison of the TgCDPK1 structure with other kinases shows that this is indeed the case. This difference in the active site architectures can be exploited for design of selective inhibitors against TgCDPK1. |
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