Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Inhibiting peptidylarginine deiminases (PAD1-4) by targeting a Ca 2+ dependent allosteric binding site
doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59919-4
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Chemical structures of PAD-PF1, GSK147, and PAD-PF2. b PAD-PF1 inhibits PAD4-mediated citrullination of peptide substrate Atto655-(Ser-Arg-Gly-Ala) 3 in a fluorescence quenching (FQ) assay in the presence of 0.4 mM Ca 2+ . Data points and error bars represent the mean and SD of quadruplicate determinations of a representative experiment. IC 50 = 15.9 µM, pIC 50 = 4.80 (0.26), mean (SD), n = 29 biologically independent experiments. c – e Representative surface plasmon resonance (SPR) traces characterizing binding of respective ligands to Bap-tagged PAD4 captured on streptavidine sensor. The red line represents the fitted curve. c PAD-PF1. K D = 2.82 µM, pK D = 5.55 (0.12), mean (SD), n = 4 technical replicates. The highest concentration of PAD-PF1 tested was 10 µM, with five more 3-fold dilutions. d , GSK147. K D = 0.469 µM, pK D = 6.33 (0.016), mean (SD), n = 4 technical replicates. The highest concentration of GSK147 tested was 3.33 µM with five more 3-fold dilutions. e Same concentration series of GSK147 in the presence of 10 µM PAD-PF1. K D = 0.380 µM, pK D = 6.42 (0.071), mean (SD), n = 4 technical replicates. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
Article Snippet: Human recombinant PAD4 (Cayman Chemical) in Ammonia assay buffer (50 mM borate, pH 8.0, 5 mM DTT, and 10 mM CaCl 2 ) was preincubated with various concentrations of compound or DMSO (1% final) in a Corning 3820 microplate.
Techniques: Fluorescence, SPR Assay, Binding Assay, Concentration Assay