SYSTEM 
HIV-2 PR 
(ROD isolate) with inhibitor CGP53820 
HIVdb File 
hiv2cgp
PDB File 
1hii 
Company or Laboratory 
Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Year 
1995
INHIBITOR (Type) 
CGP53820 (hydroxyethylene isostere) 
Composition of the Inhibitor (Substrate) or Summary Formula 
acetyl - Val - Phe - psi [CH(OH)CH2] - Cha - Val - acetyl
Schematic formula 
CGP53820 
Resolution 
2.3Ao
R factor 
0.138
Space Group 
P212121
Dimension of Elementary Cell 
a=33.40,b=64.20,c=99.50
a,b,g
(alpha,beta,gamma)
a=b=g=90
Reference  J.B.Priestle, A. Fassler, J. Rosel, M.Tintelnot - Blomley, P.Strop, M.G. Grutter; Structure, 3, 381, 1995
Comment  Crystal structure of HIV-1 PR (and HIV-2 PR) each in complex with the psudosymetric inhibitor CGP53280. Minor sequence changes in subsites at the active site can explain some of the observed differences in subst. and inhib. binding between the two enzymes