Volume 52, Issue 30 pp. 7714-7717
Communication

The Binding of Benzoarylsulfonamide Ligands to Human Carbonic Anhydrase is Insensitive to Formal Fluorination of the Ligand

Dr. Matthew R. Lockett

Dr. Matthew R. Lockett

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Heiko Lange

Dr. Heiko Lange

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

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Dr. Benjamin Breiten

Dr. Benjamin Breiten

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Dr. Annie Heroux

Dr. Annie Heroux

Photon Sciences Directorate, Building 745, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 (USA)

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Dr. Woody Sherman

Dr. Woody Sherman

Schrödinger Inc., 120 West 45 th Street, New York, NY 10036 (USA)

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Dr. Dmitrij Rappoport

Dr. Dmitrij Rappoport

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

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Patricia O. Yau

Patricia O. Yau

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

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Dr. Philip W. Snyder

Dr. Philip W. Snyder

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

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Prof. Dr. George M. Whitesides

Corresponding Author

Prof. Dr. George M. Whitesides

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 60 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (USA)

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First published: 20 June 2013
Citations: 49

The authors thank Dr. Jasmin Mecinovic, Dr. Ramani Ranatunge, Dr. Demetri Moustakas, Dr. Manza Atkinson, Dr. Mohammad Al-Sayah, Dr. Shuji Fujita, and Mr. Jang Hoon Yoon for their technical contributions. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (CHE-1152196) and the Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering. H.L. thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for a postdoctoral stipend.

Graphical Abstract

It's the water that matters. Pairs of benzo- and perfluorobenzoarylsulfonamide ligands bind to human carbonic anhydrase with a conserved binding geometry, an enthalpy-driven binding, and indistinguishable binding affinities (see picture). These data support the pervasive theory that the lock-and-key model disregards an important component of binding: the water, which fills the binding pocket of the protein and surrounds the ligand.

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