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system of protein, ligand, and water molecules to move
during minimization. As one might expect, the binding
models of the quinazoline and quinoline-3-carbonitrile
versions were very similar in each case. Figure 1 shows
the three pairs of models. In each case, the N1 atom of
the quinazoline is hydrogen-bonded to the backbone
nitrogen of Met 769, while the N3 atom is hydrogen-
bonded to the sidechain hydroxyl of Thr 830 via a water
molecule. In the quinoline-3-carbonitrile counterparts,
the N1 atom is similarly hydrogen-bonded to Met 769
while the water molecule is displaced by the cyano group
with the nitrogen atom of that group within a distance
where it can interact with the Thr residue.
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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank Drs. Philip Frost, Tarek
Mansour, and Janis Upeslacis for their support and
encouragement. We also would like to thank the mem-
bers of the Wyeth Discovery Analytical Chemistry
group for analytical and spectroscopic determinations.
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