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Protein-ligand energetics assessed using deoxy and fluorodeoxy sugars in equilibrium binding and high resolution crystallographic studies.

Hydrogen bonding interactions are one of the most important single factors in protein-ligand interactions and molecular recognition. To probe the energetics of the interactions, we have analyzed the binding of 1-deoxy-, 2-deoxy- and 6-fluoro-6-deoxy- analogues of D-galactose (Gal) to a primary high-affinity periplasmic receptor for monosaccharide active transport. Kd values and atomic structures refined at 1.81 to 1.45 A resolution of the complexes have been determined and compared with those of Gal binding. With binding site residues and the bound modified sugars in nearly identical positions as found in the complex with Gal, the binding of 1-deoxy-Gal or 2-deoxy-Gal reflects the overall contribution of 1.8 kcal mol-1 per hydrogen bond (neutral-charge type) to the affinity of Gal. Neglected in these estimates is the contribution of van der Waals' forces that accompany the formation of hydrogen bonds with each sugar hydroxyl. Contrary to expectations, the 6-fluoro-6-deoxy analogue proved to be an inadequate probe of Gal OH6 as a hydrogen bond donor due to the binding of a new water molecule and structural changes arising from the electronegative fluoro group. This study sheds new light on the energetics of protein-ligand interactions and the use of engineered ligands in assessing these interactions.[1]

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