Vacuolar-type H(+) -ATPases (V-ATPases) have gained recent attention as highly promising anticancer drug targets, and therefore detailed structural analyses and studies of inhibitor interactions are very important research objectives. Spin labeling of the V-ATPase holoenzyme from the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta and V-ATPase in isolated yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) vacuoles was accomplished by two novel methods involving the covalent binding of a (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO) derivative of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) to the essential glutamate residue in the active site and the noncovalent interaction of a radical analogue of the highly potent inhibitor archazolid, a natural product from myxobacteria. Both complexes were evaluated in detail by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic studies and double electron-electron resonance (DEER) measurements, revealing insight into the inhibitor binding mode, dynamics, and stoichiometry as well as into the structure of the central functional subunit c of these medicinally important hetero-multimeric proton-translocating proteins. This study also demonstrates the usefulness of natural product derived spin labels as tools in medicinal chemistry.

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Gölz JP, Bockelmann S, Mayer K, Steinhoff HJ, Wieczorek H, Huss M, Klare JP, Menche D

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