@article {1612,
	title = {The structure of gelsolin bound to ATP},
	journal = {Journal of Molecular Biology},
	volume = {357},
	number = {3},
	year = {2006},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 030IYTimes Cited: 7Cited Reference Count: 28},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {765-772},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Calcium activation of the actin-modifying properties of gelsolin is sensitive to ATP. Here, we show that soaking calcium-free gelsolin crystals in ATP-containing media results in ATP occupying a site that spans the two pseudosymmetrical halves of the protein. ATP binding involves numerous polar and hydrophobic contacts and is identical for the two copies of gelsolin related by non-crystallographic symmetry within the crystal. The gamma-phosphate of ATP participates in several charge-charge interactions consistent with the preference of gelsolin for ATP, as a binding partner, over ADP. In addition, disruption of the ATP-binding site through Ca2+ activation of gelsolin reveals why ATP binds more tightly to the inactive molecule, and suggests how the binding of ATP may modulate the sensitivity of gelsolin to calcium ions. Similarities between the ATP and PIP2 interactions with the C-terminal half of gelsolin are evident from their overlapping binding sites and in that both molecules bind more tightly in the absence of calcium ions. We propose a model for how PIP2 may bind to calcium-free gelsolin based on the ATP-binding site. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {5-BISPHOSPHATE, actin, ATP, BINDING-SITE, calcium, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, DOMAIN, gelsolin, HUMAN-PLASMA GELSOLIN, IDENTIFICATION, PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4, PIP2, PROTEIN, TERMINAL HALF},
	isbn = {0022-2836},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000236629300007},
	author = {Urosev, D. and Ma, Q. and Tan, A. L. C. and Robinson, R. C. and Burtnick, L. D.}
}
@article {3832,
	title = {Phosphinate inhibitors of the D-glutamic acid-adding enzyme of peptidoglycan biosynthesis},
	journal = {Journal of Organic Chemistry},
	volume = {61},
	number = {5},
	year = {1996},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: TZ997Times Cited: 66Cited Reference Count: 31},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {1756-1760},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We report the synthesis and initial evaluation of the first effective inhibitors of the D-glutamic acid-adding enzyme (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase or MurD). This enzyme plays a key role in bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is therefore a target for antibiotic design. Phosphinic acid 3 is a dipeptide analog linked to uridine diphosphate by a hydrophobic spacer. It is a good inhibitor of the enzyme (IC50 = 0.68 mu M) as it closely resembles the tetrahedral intermediate that is presumed to form in the ligation reaction. Compound 4 lacks the terminal UMP group, and compound 5 lacks both the linker and UDP functionalities. These are less effective inhibitors of the enzyme with IC50 values of 29 mu M and > 1 mM, respectively. Preincubation of the enzyme in the presence of inhibitor 3 and ATP does not result in irreversible inhibition or in the formation of a slowly decomplexing species, suggesting that the phosphinic acid is not phosphorylated in the active site.},
	keywords = {(AMINOALKYL)PHOSPHINATE, ATP, D-ALANINE LIGASE, ESCHERICHIA-COLI, INACTIVATION, MECHANISM, PHOSPHINOTHRICIN, PURIFICATION, RAPID-QUENCH, SYNTHETASE},
	isbn = {0022-3263},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1996TZ99700030},
	author = {Tanner, M. E. and Vaganay, S. and vanHeijenoort, J. and Blanot, D.}
}
