CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF FACTOR VII.STF COMPLEXED WITH PD0297121
[FA7_HUMAN] Defects in F7 are the cause of factor VII deficiency (FA7D) [MIM:227500]. A hemorrhagic disease with variable presentation. The clinical picture can be very severe, with the early occurrence of intracerebral hemorrhages or repeated hemarthroses, or, in contrast, moderate with cutaneous-mucosal hemorrhages (epistaxis, menorrhagia) or hemorrhages provoked by a surgical intervention. Finally, numerous subjects are completely asymptomatic despite very low factor VII levels.                       
[TF_HUMAN] Initiates blood coagulation by forming a complex with circulating factor VII or VIIa. The [TF:VIIa] complex activates factors IX or X by specific limited protolysis. TF plays a role in normal hemostasis by initiating the cell-surface assembly and propagation of the coagulation protease cascade. [FA7_HUMAN] Initiates the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation. Serine protease that circulates in the blood in a zymogen form. Factor VII is converted to factor VIIa by factor Xa, factor XIIa, factor IXa, or thrombin by minor proteolysis. In the presence of tissue factor and calcium ions, factor VIIa then converts factor X to factor Xa by limited proteolysis. Factor VIIa will also convert factor IX to factor IXa in the presence of tissue factor and calcium.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The activated factor VII/tissue factor complex (FVIIa/TF) is known to play a key role in the formation of blood clots. Inhibition of this complex may lead to new antithrombotic drugs. A fluoropyridine-based series of FVIIa/TF inhibitors was discovered which utilized a diisopropylamino group for binding in the S2 and S3 binding pockets of the active site of the enzyme complex. In this series, an enhancement in binding affinity was observed by substitution at the 5-position of the hydroxybenzoic acid sidechain. An X-ray crystal structure indicates that amides at this position may increase inhibitor binding affinity through interactions with the S1'/S2' pocket.
The discovery of fluoropyridine-based inhibitors of the factor VIIa/TF complex--Part 2.,Kohrt JT, Filipski KJ, Cody WL, Cai C, Dudley DA, Van Huis CA, Willardsen JA, Narasimhan LS, Zhang E, Rapundalo ST, Saiya-Cork K, Leadley RJ, Edmunds JJ Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Feb 15;16(4):1060-4. Epub 2005 Nov 11. PMID:16289811
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