Structure of human cytidine deaminase bound to a potent inhibitor
Chung, S.J., Fromme, J.C., Verdine, G.L.(2005) J Med Chem 48: 658-660
- PubMed: 15689149 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm0496279
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1MQ0 - PubMed Abstract: 
Human cytidine deaminase (CDA) is an enzyme prominent for its role in catalyzing metabolic processing of nucleoside-type anticancer and antiviral agents. It is thus a promising target for the development of small molecule therapeutic adjuvants. We report the first crystal structure of human CDA as a complex with a tight-binding inhibitor, diazepinone riboside 1. The structure reveals that inhibitor 1 is able to establish a canonical pi/pi-interaction with a key active site residue, Phe 137.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.