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Nature Structural Biology  4, 109 - 111 (1997)
doi:10.1038/nsb0297-109

Crystal structure of human osteoclast cathepsin K complex with E-64

Baoguang Zhao1, Cheryl A. Janson2, Bernard Y. Amegadzie3, Karla D'Alessio2, Charles Griffin2, Charles R. Hanning3, Christopher Jones2, Jeff Kurdyla2, Michael McQueney2, Xiayang Qiu1, Ward W. Smith1 & Sherin S. Abdel-Meguid1, 4

  1Department of Macromolecular Sciences, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA

  2Department of Protein Biochemistry, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA

  3Department of Gene Expression Sciences, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical, 709 Swedeland Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA

  4sherin_s_abdel-meguid@sbphrd.com

The structure of human cathepsin K, a potential target for treatment of osteoporosis, reveals active site differences with homologous cysteine proteinases that should enable the design of cathepsin K selective inhibitors.

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