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. 2024 Apr 2;19(7):e202300548.
doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202300548. Epub 2024 Feb 21.

Identification of ß-Glucocerebrosidase Activators for Glucosylceramide hydrolysis

Monika-Sarah E D Schulze  1 , Diana Scholz  2 , Eric Jnoff  2 , Adrian Hall  2 , Jonathan Melin  3 , Zara A Sands  4 , Elizabeth Rodriguez  1 , Veronique M Andre  2
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Identification of ß-Glucocerebrosidase Activators for Glucosylceramide hydrolysis

Monika-Sarah E D Schulze et al. ChemMedChem. .

Abstract

Several novel chemical series were identified that modulate glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Compounds from these series are active on glucosylceramide, unlike other known GCase modulators. We obtained GCase crystal structures with two compounds that have distinct chemotypes. Positive allosteric modulators bind to a site on GCase and induce conformational changes, but also induce an equilibrium state between monomer and dimer.

Keywords: activator; allosteric; glucocerebrosidase; glucosylceramide; lysosome; neurodegeneration.

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