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. 2023 Mar 30;13:5186. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32019-3

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Structural comparison of MMP/N-TIMP2-S69DOPA complexes. (A) Superposition of modeled complexes of N-TIMP2-S69DOPA bound to each MMP are shown, with MMP-2/N-TIMP2-S69DOPA in pink/salmon; MMP-9/N-TIMP2-S69DOPA in pale cyan/pale green; MMP-14/N-TIMP2-S69DOPA in yellow orange/pale yellow. The MMP catalytic Zn2+ is shown as a gray sphere. (BD) The local environment surrounding L-DOPA is shown for a complex with MMP-2 (B), MMP-9 (C), or MMP-14 (D). L-DOPA is represented in magenta, lime, or orange, respectively, with potential H-bonds indicated by black dashed lines. L-DOPA is predicted to interact more closely with MMP-2 and MMP-9, whereas steric clash with Phe204 favors an alternative L-DOPA rotamer that does not interact with MMP-14.