| Assay Method Information | |
| | holoenzyme assay |
| Description: | A diverse compound library from NCI Developmental Therapeutics Program (DTP) was subjected to a virtual screening process to identify potential RR inhibitors. The DTP library contains 2,000 different compounds. A novel ligand binding pocket on human RRM2 identified from the X-ray crystal structure (PDB 2UW2) was selected to identify potential inhibitor compounds that were in close proximity to the RRM1/RRM2 interface but distant from the dityrosyl-diiron center in order to avoid iron chelating side effects. This ligand binding pocket, which consists of 32 amino acid residues conserved among human and mouse RRM2 protein families, is in close proximity to the RRM1/RRM2 interface. The structure of the ligand binding pocket is set forth in FIG. 4. The pocket consists of helices α7, α8, and α10 at the C-terminal domain. The narrow interior end of the V-shaped pocket is lined up with hydrophobic residues near the back of dityrosyl diiron cluster center. Polar residues such as D271, R330, and E334 that are located near the open-end of the pocket may potentially interact with the flexible C-terminus. The pocket is lined mostly with interior hydrophobic residues with charged residues exposed to the surface. |
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