Structural basis for HTLV-1 protease inhibition by the HIV-1 protease inhibitor indinavir.

Maren Kuhnert, Holger Steuber, Wibke E Diederich

Journal of medicinal chemistry 2014 Jul 24

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HTLV-1 protease (HTLV-1 PR) is an aspartic protease which represents a promising drug target for the discovery of novel anti-HTLV-1 drugs. The X-ray structure of HTLV-1 PR in complex with the well-known and approved HIV-1 PR inhibitor Indinavir was determined at 2.40 Å resolution. In this contribution, we describe the first crystal structure in complex with a nonpeptidic inhibitor that accounts for rationalizing the rather moderate affinity of Indinavir against HTLV-1 PR and provides the basis for further structure-guided optimization strategies.

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Maren Kuhnert, Holger Steuber, Wibke E Diederich. Structural basis for HTLV-1 protease inhibition by the HIV-1 protease inhibitor indinavir. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 2014 Jul 24;57(14):6266-72