申请人:Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
公开号:US20040220079A1
公开(公告)日:2004-11-04
Methods for the production of purified, catalytically active, recombinant memapsin 2 have been developed. The substrate and subsite specificity of the catalytically active enzyme have been determined. The substrate and subsite specificity information was used to design substrate analogs of the natural memapsin 2 substrate that can inhibit the function of memapsin 2. The substrate analogs are based on peptide sequences, shown to be related to the natural peptide substrates for memapsin 2. The substrate analogs contain at least one analog of an amide bond which is not capable of being cleaved by memapsin 2. Processes for the synthesis of two substrate analogues including isosteres at the sites of the critical amino acid residues were developed and the substrate analogues, OMR99-1 and OM99-2, were synthesized. OM99-2 is based on an octapeptide Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Glu-Phe (SEQ ID NO:28) with the Leu-Ala peptide bond substituted by a transition-state isostere hydroxyethylene group (FIG.
1
). The inhibition constant of OM99-2 is 1.6×10
−9
M against recombinant pro-memapsin 2. Crystallography of memapsin 2 bound to this inhibitor was used to determine the three dimensional structure of the protein, as well as the importance of the various residues in binding. This information can be used by those skilled in the art to design new inhibitors, using commercially available software programs and techniques familiar to those in organic chemistry and enzymology, to design new inhibitors to memapsin 2, useful in diagnostics and for the treatment and/or prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
已开发出生产纯化的催化活性重组膜酶2的方法。已确定催化活性酶的底物和亚位点特异性。利用底物和亚位点特异性信息设计了天然膜酶2底物的底物类似物,可以抑制膜酶2的功能。底物类似物基于肽序列,显示与膜酶2的天然肽底物相关。底物类似物至少包含一种酰胺键的类似物,该键无法被膜酶2裂解。开发了两种底物类似物的合成过程,包括在关键氨基酸残基的位置上的等构体,并合成了底物类似物OMR99-1和OM99-2。OM99-2基于一个八肽Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-Ala-Ala-Glu-Phe(SEQ ID NO:28),其中Leu-Ala肽键被过渡态等构体羟基乙烯基(FIG.1)所取代。OM99-2的抑制常数为1.6×10−9M,针对重组前膜酶2。膜酶2结合该抑制剂的晶体学被用于确定蛋白质的三维结构,以及各种残基在结合中的重要性。这些信息可以被熟练掌握有机化学和酶学技术的人用于设计新的抑制剂,利用商业软件程序和技术,用于诊断和治疗和/或预防阿尔茨海默病。