Download MendeleyThe structure of glycogen phosphorylase b with an alkyldihydropyridine-dicarboxylic acid compound, a novel and potent inhibitor.
Zographos, S.E., Oikonomakos, N.G., Tsitsanou, K.E., Leonidas, D.D., Chrysina, E.D., Skamnaki, V.T., Bischoff, H., Goldmann, S., Watson, K.A., Johnson, L.N.(1997) Structure 5: 1413-1425
- PubMed: 9384557
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00292-x
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2AMV - PubMed Abstract:
In muscle and liver, glycogen concentrations are regulated by the reciprocal activities of glycogen phosphorylase (GP) and glycogen synthase. An alkyl-dihydropyridine-dicarboxylic acid has been found to be a potent inhibitor of GP, and as such has potential to contribute to the regulation of glycogen metabolism in the non-insulin-dependent diabetes diseased state. The inhibitor has no structural similarity to the natural regulators of GP. We have carried out structural studies in order to elucidate the mechanism of inhibition.
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Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, The National Hellenic Research Foundation 48, vas Constantinou Avenue, Athens, 11635, Greece.
