Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is an anti-apoptotic cancer sustaining protein kinase. Its crystallographic structures with the natural compounds coumestrol, a phytoestrogen, and boldine, an alkaloid, are reported. Coumestrol shows different inhibitory activity against the isolated catalytic a-subunit and the alpha(2)beta(2) holoenzyme and is able to discriminate between two conformations of the hinge/alpha D region, whose intrinsic flexibility is a relevant selectivity determinant among kinases. Boldine explores a small cavity at the bottom of the ATP-binding pocket through a local deviation from planarity, a unique case among CK2 inhibitors. The two compounds have different impacts on protein flexibility, which correlate with their different properties.
Inhibitory Properties of ATP-Competitive Coumestrol and Boldine Are Correlated to Different Modulations of CK2 Flexibility
Battistutta R.
;Lolli G.
2019
Abstract
Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is an anti-apoptotic cancer sustaining protein kinase. Its crystallographic structures with the natural compounds coumestrol, a phytoestrogen, and boldine, an alkaloid, are reported. Coumestrol shows different inhibitory activity against the isolated catalytic a-subunit and the alpha(2)beta(2) holoenzyme and is able to discriminate between two conformations of the hinge/alpha D region, whose intrinsic flexibility is a relevant selectivity determinant among kinases. Boldine explores a small cavity at the bottom of the ATP-binding pocket through a local deviation from planarity, a unique case among CK2 inhibitors. The two compounds have different impacts on protein flexibility, which correlate with their different properties.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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