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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Inf Model. 2008 Jul 4;48(7):1464–1472. doi: 10.1021/ci800085c

Table 2.

Amino acid residues in papain and corresponding residues in cathepsin L and the interactions they make with CLIK-148 and the 3 inhibitors in the acyl hydrazine series: 1, 2, and 5.

Residue in papain Corresponding Residue in cathepsin L Types of binding interactionsa
for compounds 1, 2, 5 and CLIK-148
Gln19 Gln19 H-bondingb (CLIK-148, 1)
Cys25 Cys25 Covalent bond (CLIK-148, 1, 2, 5)
H-bonding (1, 5)
Gly66 Gly68 H-bonding (CLIK-148, 1, 2, 5)
Asp158 Asp162 H-bonding (CLIK-148, 1, 5)
His159 His163 H-bonding (2, 5)
Trp177 Trp189 Hydrophobic/aromatic (CLIK-148, 1, 5)
H-bonding (1)
Ser205 Ala214 Hydrophobic (CLIK-148, 1, 5)
a

Interactions were observed between the ligand and papain for the highest ranking poses obtained from ExtraPrecision Glide docking. Each compound was docked to papain without a covalent attachment to the Cys25 sulfur. A structural water was present in the catalytic site, near Asp158.

b

hydrogen bonding.