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SUBMITTER: Mosyak L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2144589 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mosyak Lidia L Georgiadis Katy K Shane Tania T Svenson Kristine K Hebert Tracy T McDonagh Thomas T Mackie Stewart S Olland Stephane S Lin Laura L Zhong Xiaotian X Kriz Ronald R Reifenberg Erica L EL Collins-Racie Lisa A LA Corcoran Christopher C Freeman Bethany B Zollner Richard R Marvell Tod T Vera Matthew M Sum Phaik-Eng PE Lavallie Edward R ER Stahl Mark M Somers William W
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 20071127 1
Aggrecanases are now believed to be the principal proteinases responsible for aggrecan degradation in osteoarthritis. Given their potential as a drug target, we solved crystal structures of the two most active human aggrecanase isoforms, ADAMTS4 and ADAMTS5, each in complex with bound inhibitor and one wherein the enzyme is in apo form. These structures show that the unliganded and inhibitor-bound enzymes exhibit two essentially different catalytic-site configurations: an autoinhibited, nonbindi ...[more]