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SUBMITTER: Wilson DK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC47669 | biostudies-other | 1993 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wilson D K DK Tarle I I Petrash J M JM Quiocho F A FA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19931101 21
As the action of aldose reductase (EC 1.1.1.21) is believed to be linked to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications affecting the nervous, renal, and visual systems, the development of therapeutic agents has attracted intense effort. We report the refined 1.8 A x-ray structure of the human holoenzyme complexed with zopolrestat, one of the most potent noncompetitive inhibitors. The zopolrestat fits snugly in the hydrophobic active site pocket and induces a hinge-flap motion of two peptide segm ...[more]