PMID- 22752989 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130305 LR - 20211021 IS - 1097-0134 (Electronic) IS - 0887-3585 (Print) IS - 0887-3585 (Linking) VI - 80 IP - 11 DP - 2012 Nov TI - Crystal packing modifies ligand binding affinity: the case of aldose reductase. PG - 2552-61 LID - 10.1002/prot.24136 [doi] AB - The relationship between the structures of protein-ligand complexes existing in the crystal and in solution, essential in the case of fragment-based screening by X-ray crystallography (FBS-X), has been often an object of controversy. To address this question, simultaneous co-crystallization and soaking of two inhibitors with different ratios, Fidarestat (FID; K(d) = 6.5 nM) and IDD594 (594; K(d) = 61 nM), which bind to h-aldose reductase (AR), have been performed. The subatomic resolution of the crystal structures allows the differentiation of both inhibitors, even when the structures are almost superposed. We have determined the occupation ratio in solution by mass spectrometry (MS) Occ(FID)/Occ(594) = 2.7 and by X-ray crystallography Occ(FID)/Occ(594) = 0.6. The occupancies in the crystal and in solution differ 4.6 times, implying that ligand binding potency is influenced by crystal contacts. A structural analysis shows that the Loop A (residues 122-130), which is exposed to the solvent, is flexible in solution, and is involved in packing contacts within the crystal. Furthermore, inhibitor 594 contacts the base of Loop A, stabilizing it, while inhibitor FID does not. This is shown by the difference in B-factors of the Loop A between the AR-594 and AR-FID complexes. A stable loop diminishes the entropic energy barrier to binding, favoring 594 versus FID. Therefore, the effect of the crystal environment should be taken into consideration in the X-ray diffraction analysis of ligand binding to proteins. This conclusion highlights the need for additional methodologies in the case of FBS-X to validate this powerful screening technique, which is widely used. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Cousido-Siah, Alexandra AU - Cousido-Siah A AD - Department of Integrative Biology, IGBMC, CNRS, INSERM, Universite de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France. FAU - Petrova, Tatiana AU - Petrova T FAU - Hazemann, Isabelle AU - Hazemann I FAU - Mitschler, Andre AU - Mitschler A FAU - Ruiz, Francesc X AU - Ruiz FX FAU - Howard, Eduardo AU - Howard E FAU - Ginell, Stephan AU - Ginell S FAU - Atmanene, Cedric AU - Atmanene C FAU - Van Dorsselaer, Alain AU - Van Dorsselaer A FAU - Sanglier-Cianferani, Sarah AU - Sanglier-Cianferani S FAU - Joachimiak, Andrzej AU - Joachimiak A FAU - Podjarny, Alberto AU - Podjarny A LA - eng GR - U54 GM094585/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20120728 PL - United States TA - Proteins JT - Proteins JID - 8700181 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - EC 1.1.1.21 (Aldehyde Reductase) SB - IM MH - Aldehyde Reductase/antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Models, Molecular MH - Protein Binding PMC - PMC4671318 MID - NIHMS738275 EDAT- 2012/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2013/03/06 06:00 PMCR- 2015/12/07 CRDT- 2012/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/06/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/06/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/03/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/12/07 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1002/prot.24136 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proteins. 2012 Nov;80(11):2552-61. doi: 10.1002/prot.24136. Epub 2012 Jul 28.