Crystal structure of catalytic domain of TACE with carboxylate inhibitor
[ADA17_HUMAN] Defects in ADAM17 are a cause of neonatal inflammatory skin and bowel disease (NISBD) [MIM:614328]. NISBD is a disorder characterized by inflammatory features with neonatal onset, involving the skin, hair, and gut. The skin lesions involve perioral and perianal erythema, psoriasiform erythroderma, with flares of erythema, scaling, and widespread pustules. Gastrointestinal symptoms include malabsorptive diarrhea that is exacerbated by intercurrent gastrointestinal infections. The hair is short or broken, and the eyelashes and eyebrows are wiry and disorganized.
[ADA17_HUMAN] Cleaves the membrane-bound precursor of TNF-alpha to its mature soluble form. Responsible for the proteolytical release of soluble JAM3 from endothelial cells surface. Responsible for the proteolytic release of several other cell-surface proteins, including p75 TNF-receptor, interleukin 1 receptor type II, p55 TNF-receptor, transforming growth factor-alpha, L-selectin, growth hormone receptor, MUC1 and the amyloid precursor protein. Also involved in the activation of Notch pathway (By similarity). 
Publication Abstract from PubMed
We have discovered nanomolar inhibitors of TNF-alpha convertase (TACE) comprised of a novel spirocyclic scaffold and either a carboxylate or hydroxamate zinc binding moiety. X-ray crystal structures and computer models of selected compounds binding to TACE explain the observed SAR. We report the first TACE X-ray crystal structure for an inhibitor with a carboxylate zinc ligand.
Discovery of novel spirocyclopropyl hydroxamate and carboxylate compounds as TACE inhibitors.,Guo Z, Orth P, Wong SC, Lavey BJ, Shih NY, Niu X, Lundell DJ, Madison V, Kozlowski JA Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jan 1;19(1):54-7. Epub 2008 Nov 14. PMID:19054672
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