2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Structural basis on a new potent anti-HIV lectin in complex with oligomannoses of HIV-gp120
Project/Area Number |
23570147
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Structural biochemistry
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Research Institution | Iwaki Meisei University |
Principal Investigator |
TAKENAKA Akio いわき明星大学, 薬学部, 研究員 (80016146)
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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Keywords | X線結晶解析 / 抗HIVレクチン / オリゴマンノース |
Research Abstract |
Lectin actinohivin (AH) is expected as a new drug candidate that blocks entry of HIV-1 into human susceptible cells. In order to reveal the structural details of AH in the specific interaction with HMTG protruded from HIV-1 surface, several crystal structures of AH in complex with the targets alpha(1-2)mannobiose and alpha(1-2)mannotriose have been determined by X-ray crystallography. These structures show that alpha(1-2)mannotriose of the principal target adopts a double bracket-shape conformation as a rigid structure, to which AH binds to recognize the target strictly in a Lock-and-Key fashion with so many hydrophobic interactions in addition to the hydrogen bonds. These structural features are useful for developing AH as a more effective antiretroviral drug to suppress the infectious expansion of HIV/AIDS and help expedite an end to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the near future.
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Research Products
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[Remarks] 福島民報,平成24年12月21日(金), "抗HIVタンパク質アクチノヒビン,C型肝炎にも効果,いわき明星大研究チーム発見"
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[Remarks] 福島民友,平成24年12月21日(金), "C型肝炎治療へ一歩,HIV研究で解明,タンパク質に抑制機能"
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[Remarks] いわき民報,平成24年12月21日(金), "明星大学の研究グループ,C型肝炎への効果も発見アクチノヒビン"
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