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Membrane bound COMT isoform is an interfacial enzyme: General mechanism and new drug design paradigm

  • Aniket Magarkar
  • , Petteri Parkkila
  • , Tapani Viitala
  • , Tatu Lajunen
  • , Edouard Mobarak
  • , Giuseppe Licari
  • , Oana Cramariuc
  • , Eric Vauthey
  • , Tomasz Róg
  • , Alex Bunker*
  • *Tämän työn vastaava kirjoittaja

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Abstrakti

The enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) has water soluble (S-COMT) and membrane associated (MB-COMT), bitopic, isoforms. Of these MB-COMT is a drug target in relation to the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Using a combination of computational and experimental protocols, we have determined the substrate selection mechanism specific to MB-COMT. We show: (1) substrates with preferred affinity for MB-COMT over S-COMT orient in the membrane in a fashion conducive to catalysis from the membrane surface and (2) binding of COMT to its cofactor ADOMET induces conformational change that drives the catalytic surface of the protein to the membrane surface, where the substrates and Mg2+ ions, required for catalysis, are found. Bioinformatics analysis reveals evidence of this mechanism in other proteins, including several existing drug targets. The development of new COMT inhibitors with preferential affinity for MB-COMT over S-COMT is now possible and insight of broader relevance, into the function of bitopic enzymes, is provided.

AlkuperäiskieliEnglanti
Sivut3440-3443
Sivumäärä4
JulkaisuChemical Communications
Vuosikerta54
Numero28
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - 11 huhtik. 2018
Julkaistu ulkoisestiKyllä
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Julkaistu artikkeli, soviteltu

Rahoitus

Computational resources have been provided by the CSC-IT center for science Ltd (CSC). We wish to thank the Finnish Cultural foundation (A. M.) and the Magnus Ehrenrooth foundation (A. B. and A. M.) for funding. T. V. acknowledges the Academy of Finland for academy research fellow funding (grants #137053 and #294309). Tomasz Róg and Edouard Mobarak wish to thank the Academy of Finland for financial support (Centre of Excellence in Biomembrane Research) and the European Research Council (Advanced Grant project CROWDED-PRO-LIPIDS). T. L. acknowledges Eye and tissue bank foundation #20160004 and Cancer foundation Finland #47-3758-22. G. L. and E. V. acknowledge the Swiss National Science Foundation, Project No. 200020-165890, and the University of Geneva. P. P. acknowledges a grant from the Finnish Pharmaceutical Society.

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