International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume F
Crystallography of biological macromolecules
Edited by M. G. Rossmann and E. Arnold

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. F. ch. 1.3, pp. 22-23

Table 1.3.4.5 

W. G. J. Hola* and C. L. M. J. Verlindea

aBiomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biological Structure, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7742, USA
Correspondence e-mail:  hol@gouda.bmsc.washington.edu

Table 1.3.4.5 | top | pdf |
Important human protein structures in drug design

Proteins from other species that might have been studied as substitutes for human ones were left out because of space limitations. We apologize to the researchers affected.

Pharmacological category Protein Reference
Synaptic and neuroeffector junctional function None  
Central nervous system function None  
Inflammation Fibroblast collagenase (MMP-1) (also important in cancer) [1], [2], [3], [4]
Gelatinase [5], [6]
Stromelysin-1 (MMP-3) (also important in cancer) [7], [8], [9], [10], [11]
Matrilysin (MMP-7) (also important in cancer) [12]
Neutrophil collagenase (MMP-8) (also important in cancer) [13], [14], [15], [16]
Collagenase-3 (MMP-13) [17]
Human neutrophil elastase (also important for cystic fibrosis) [18], [19], [20]
Interleukin-1 beta converting enzyme (ICE) [21], [22]
p38 MAP kinase [23], [24]
Phospholipase A2 [25], [26], [27]
Renal and cardiovascular function Renin [28]
Gastrointestinal function None  
Cancer 17-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase [29], [30]
BRCT domain (BRCA1 C-terminus) [31]
Bcr-Abl kinase [32]
Cathepsin B [33]
Cathepsin D [34], [35]
CDK2 [36]
CDK6 [37]
DHFR [38], [39]
Acidic fibroblast growth factor (FGF) [40]
FGF receptor tyrosine kinase domain [41]
Glycinamide ribonucleotide formyl transferase [42]
Interferon-beta [43]
MMPs: see Inflammation  
p53 [44], [45]
p60 Src [46]
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase [47]
ras p21 [48], [49], [50], [51]
Serine hydroxymethyltransferase [52]
S-Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase [53]
Thymidylate synthase [54]
Topoisomerase I [55], [56]
Tumour necrosis factor [57]
Interleukin 1-alpha [58]
Interleukin 1-beta [59]
Interleukin 1-beta receptor [60], [61]
Interleukin 8 [62]
Immunomodulation Calcineurin [63]
Cathepsin S [64]
Cyclophilin [65], [66], [67]
Immunophilin FKBP12 [68], [69], [70]
Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase [71]
Interferon-gamma [72], [73]
Lymphocyte-specific kinase Lck [74]
PNP [47]
Syk kinase [75]
Tumour necrosis factor [57]
ZAP Tyr kinase [76]
Interleukin 2 [77]
Interleukin 5 [78]
Haematopoiesis Erythropoietin receptor [79], [80]
Coagulation AT III [81], [82], [83], [84]
Factor III [85], [86]
Factor VII [87]
Factor IX [88]
Factor X [89]
Factor XIII [90]
Factor XIV [91]
Fibrinogen: fragment [92], [93]
Plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) [94], [95], [96]
Thrombin [97], [98], [99]
tPA [100]
Urokinase-type plasminogen activator [101]
von Willebrand factor [102], [103], [104]
Hormones and hormone receptors Insulin [105]
Insulin receptor [106], [107]
Human growth hormone + receptor [108]
Oestrogen receptor [109], [110]
Progesterone receptor [111]
Prolactin receptor [112]
Ocular function Carbonic anhydrase [113]
Genetic diseases See Table 1.3.3.1[link]  
Drug binding Human serum albumin [114], [115]
Drug metabolism Glutathione S-transferase A-1 [116], [117]
Glutathione S-transferase A4–4 [118]
Glutathione S-transferase Mu-1 [119]
Glutathione S-transferase Mu-2 [120]
Neurodegeneration Aldose reductase [121]
JNK3 [122]
Osteoporosis Cathepsin K [123], [64]
Src SH2 [126]
Various Interferon-alpha 2b [124]
Bcl-xL [125]

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