SALMON: solvent accessibility, ligand binding, and mapping of ligand orientation by NMR spectroscopy

J Med Chem. 2008 Jan 10;51(1):1-3. doi: 10.1021/jm701020f. Epub 2007 Dec 7.

Abstract

Quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2) binds the prodrug tretazicar (also known as CB1954, 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide), which exhibits a profound antitumor effect in human cancers when administered together with caricotamide. X-ray structure determination allowed for two possible orientations of the ligand. Here we describe a new NMR method, SALMON (solvent accessibility, ligand binding, and mapping of ligand orientation by NMR spectroscopy), based on waterLOGSY to determine the orientation of a ligand bound to a protein by mapping its solvent accessibility, which was used to unambiguously determine the orientation of CB1954 in NQO2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Aziridines / chemistry*
  • Binding Sites
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular*
  • NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone) / chemistry*
  • Prodrugs / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Solvents
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Aziridines
  • Ligands
  • Prodrugs
  • Solvents
  • Water
  • tretazicar
  • NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone)
  • NQO1 protein, human