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Figure 2.
Figure 2. Complex of mini-MMP-9 and the phosphinic acid inhibitor AM-409 ([2-[1-carbamoyl-2-(1H-Indol-3-yl)-ethylcarbamoyl]-3-(3-phenyl-isoxazol-5-yl)-propyl]-phenyl-phosphinic acid). (a) Chemical formula of AM-409 and K[i] values against several MMPs (V.D., unpublished results). (b) Stereo plot of a section around the active site of mini-MMP-9 in standard orientation (see Figure 1(a)), superimposed with the 2F[obs]–F[calc] electron density (orange) accounting for the inhibitor, contoured at 1σ. The inhibitor and the mini-MMP-9 are shown as stick models, with nitrogen and oxygen atoms in blue and red, and carbon atoms in yellow and green, respectively. The phosphorus atom is depicted in dark grey. Ionic bonds to the catalytic zinc and intermolecular hydrogen bonds are shown as broken lines (distances in Å). Water molecules are displayed as blue spheres. Only the dominating of two AM-409 conformations is depicted.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Elsevier: J Mol Biol (2007, 371, 989-0) copyright 2007.