申请人:MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
公开号:US10426751B2
公开(公告)日:2019-10-01
A method of restoring activity in phenylalanine hydroxylase is provided. The method comprises exposing the phenylalanine hydroxylase to shikimic acid, a functionally equivalent analog thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of shikimic acid or analog thereof, or combinations thereof. A method of screening for allosteric activators for a target enzyme is also provided comprising the steps of: denaturing the target enzyme with a first chaotropic agent to yield denatured enzyme, incubating the denatured enzyme with a candidate compound under denaturing conditions to allow enzyme refolding, and assaying enzyme activity in the presence of enzyme substrate and a candidate compound; and if enzyme activity of the denatured enzyme was restored in step i) by at least about 10% of residual enzyme activity, denaturing the target enzyme with a second chaotropic agent to yield denatured enzyme, incubating the denatured enzyme with the candidate compound under non-denaturing conditions to allow enzyme refolding, and assaying enzyme activity in the presence of enzyme substrate and the candidate compound, wherein an increase in enzyme activity of at least about 10% of residual enzyme activity indicates that the candidate compound is an allosteric activator of the target enzyme.
提供了一种恢复苯丙氨酸羟化酶活性的方法。该方法包括将苯丙氨酸羟化酶暴露于莽草酸、其功能等同的类似物、莽草酸或其类似物的药学上可接受的盐或其组合。还提供了一种筛选目标酶的异位激活剂的方法,包括以下步骤:用第一种混沌剂使目标酶变性以产生变性酶,在变性条件下将变性酶与候选化合物孵育以允许酶重折叠,在酶底物和候选化合物存在下测定酶活性;如果变性酶的酶活性在步骤 i)中恢复了至少约 10%的残余酶活性,则用第二种混沌剂对目标酶进行变性以产生变性酶,在非变性条件下将变性酶与候选化合物孵育以允许酶重折叠、在酶底物和候选化合物存在下测定酶活性,其中酶活性至少增加残余酶活性的约 10%表明候选化合物是目标酶的异位激活剂。