catalytic domain of isoform NanI, to 0.97 A resolution, and complexes with its substrate sialic acid to 0.97A resolution, with transition-state analogue 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid to 1.5 A resolution, and with a covalent intermediate formed using a fluorinated sialic acid analogue to 1.2 A resolution
crystallization of the catalytic domain by sitting-drop vapour-diffusion. Crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) with unit-cell parameters a = 96.98, b = 69.41, c = 72.69 A and one monomer per asymmetric unit. The crystals diffract to at least 0.92 A
hanging drop method, high resolution X-ray structures of human sialidase Neu2, in its apo form and in complex with the inhibitor 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid. The structure shows the canonical six-blade beta-propeller observed in viral and bacterial sialidases with its active site in a shallow crevice. In the complex structure, the inhibitor lies in the catalytic crevice surrounded by ten amino acids
56500 Da domain that retains full enzymatic activity, in presence of inhibitor 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetyl neuraminic acid. 2.5 A resolution, space group P212121
free enzyme and in complex with N-acetylneuraminic acid or 2,3-dehydro-2-deoxy-N-acetylneuraminic acid, sitting drop vapor diffusion method, using 100 mM HEPES (pH 7.0) and 30% Jeffamine ED-2001 (pH 7.0), at 21°C
comparison of the catalytic cleft plasticity of free and ligand-bound forms of Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase and Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase using molecular dynamics simulations. The Trypanosoma cruzi enzyme has a very flexible, widely open catalytic cleft, mostly due to resiude W312 loop motion, in apo form. In ligan-bound form, the flexibility and solvent exposure is significantly reduced. The Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase maintains a more open catalytic cleft in both apo and holo forms
wild-type and mutant D59A, complexed with 2 mM 3-deoxy-N-acetylneuraminic acid to give a covalent intermediate, in 2 M ammonium sulfate, 100 mM HEPES, pH 8.0, 2%PEG 400, used for microseeding, in 10% PEG 4000, 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5, and 5% isopropanol, soaking in buffer with 5 mM 2,3-difluoro-sialic acid at 25°C, soaking in buffer containing 10 mM alpha-(2-3)-sialyllactose or 2'(4-methylumbelliferyl)-alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid, freezing and X-ray diffraction structure determination and analysis at 1.6 A
comparison of the catalytic cleft plasticity of free and ligand-bound forms of Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase and Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase using molecular dynamics simulations. The Trypanosoma cruzi enzyme has a very flexible, widely open catalytic cleft, mostly due to resiude W312 loop motion, in apo form. In ligan-bound form, the flexibility and solvent exposure is significantly reduced. The Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase maintains a more open catalytic cleft in both apo and holo forms
three-dimensional structures of the covalent glycosyl-enzyme complexes formed by Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase with two different mechanism-based inactivators at 1.9 A and at 1.7 A resolution
best crystals grow by hanging-drop vapor diffusion by equilibrating a 1 ml drop of protein in buffer (10 mM HEPES pH 7.2, 50 mM ammonium sulfate) with 1 ml reservoir solution containing 2.0-2.5 M ammonium sulfate and suspended over 1 ml reservoir solution. Structure determined at 2.2 A resolution
molecular dynamics simulation study of inhibitors oseltamivir, zanamivir and peramivir embedded in the catalytic site. In comparison with oseltamivir and zanamivir, peramivir shows strong direct ligand-enzyme hydrogen bonding, less space available in the N1 pocket, and it interacts tightly, via its OH group, with the D51 residue located in the 150-loop region
to 1.65 A resolution. Space group C2221, structure refinement could be achieved using corrected or uncorrected diffraction data. In the refinement with uncorrected data, a composite model was built to represent the molecules in the translated and untranslated layers, respectively
wild-type and mutants H274Y, N294S, Y252H in complex with oseltamivir. Mutants are resistant to oseltamivir but still strongly inhibited by zanamivir owing to an altered hydrophobic pocket in the active site of the enzyme required for oseltamivir binding
carbohydrate-binding module CBM40 of sialidase, showing high affinity for sialic acid and specificity to alpha(2,3), alpha(2,6), and alpha(2,8)-linked sialosides