What makes a kinase promiscuous for inhibitors? Journal Article


Authors: Hanson, S. M.; Georghiou, G.; Thakur, M. K.; Miller, W. T.; Rest, J. S.; Chodera, J. D.; Seeliger, M. A.
Article Title: What makes a kinase promiscuous for inhibitors?
Abstract: ATP-competitive kinase inhibitors often bind several kinases due to the high conservation of the ATP binding pocket. Through clustering analysis of a large kinome profiling dataset, we found a cluster of eight promiscuous kinases that on average bind more than five times more kinase inhibitors than the other 398 kinases in the dataset. To understand the structural basis of promiscuous inhibitor binding, we determined the co-crystal structure of the receptor tyrosine kinase DDR1 with the type I inhibitors dasatinib and VX-680. Surprisingly, we find that DDR1 binds these type I inhibitors in an inactive conformation typically reserved for type II inhibitors. Our computational and biochemical studies show that DDR1 is unusually stable in this inactive conformation, giving a mechanistic explanation for inhibitor promiscuity. This phenotypic clustering analysis provides a strategy to obtain functional insights not available by sequence comparison alone. Hanson et al. identify a group of kinases that bind a surprising number of inhibitors and reveal the molecular basis for this promiscuity. Functional clustering of proteins identifies groups of co-inhibited kinases. The findings have implications for the development of specific kinase inhibitors and drug resistance. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: molecular dynamics; selectivity; crystallography; abl; ddr1; kinase inhibition; dfg; drug promiscuity; folding@home; markov state model
Journal Title: Cell Chemical Biology
Volume: 26
Issue: 3
ISSN: 2451-9456
Publisher: Cell Press  
Date Published: 2019-03-21
Start Page: 390
End Page: 399.e5
Language: English
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.11.005
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 30612951
PMCID: PMC6632086
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