Structural highlights
Function
[RNAS1_BOVIN] Endonuclease that catalyzes the cleavage of RNA on the 3' side of pyrimidine nucleotides. Acts on single stranded and double stranded RNA.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Fragment screening offers an alternative to traditional screening for discovering new leads in drug discovery programs. This paper describes a fragment screening methodology based on high throughput X-ray crystallography. The method is illustrated against five proteins (p38 MAP kinase, CDK2, thrombin, ribonuclease A, and PTP1B). The fragments identified have weak potency (>100 microM) but are efficient binders relative to their size and may therefore represent suitable starting points for evolution to good quality lead compounds. The examples illustrate that a range of molecular interactions (i.e., lipophilic, charge-charge, neutral hydrogen bonds) can drive fragment binding and also that fragments can induce protein movement. We believe that the method has great potential for the discovery of novel lead compounds against a range of targets, and the companion paper illustrates how lead compounds have been identified for p38 MAP kinase starting from fragments such as those described in this paper.
Fragment-based lead discovery using X-ray crystallography.,Hartshorn MJ, Murray CW, Cleasby A, Frederickson M, Tickle IJ, Jhoti H J Med Chem. 2005 Jan 27;48(2):403-13. PMID:15658854[2]
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References
- ↑ delCardayre SB, Ribo M, Yokel EM, Quirk DJ, Rutter WJ, Raines RT. Engineering ribonuclease A: production, purification and characterization of wild-type enzyme and mutants at Gln11. Protein Eng. 1995 Mar;8(3):261-73. PMID:7479688
- ↑ Hartshorn MJ, Murray CW, Cleasby A, Frederickson M, Tickle IJ, Jhoti H. Fragment-based lead discovery using X-ray crystallography. J Med Chem. 2005 Jan 27;48(2):403-13. PMID:15658854 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm0495778