Patent ID: 7499847

Claim:
A method for identifying a compound that interacts with human vascular adhesion protein 1 (VAP-1), comprising the steps of: a) providing a crystalline human vascular adhesion protein 1 (VAP-1), wherein VAP-1 comprises SEQ ID NO:2 and said crystal is defined as a crystal of space group P6 5 22 with two molecules in the asymmetric unit and with unit dimensions of a=b=225.9 Å, c=218.7 Å, α=β=90°, γ=120°, b) determining the atomic coordinates for said human VAP-1 protein crystal of part a), c) providing the atomic co-ordinates from part b) on to a computer readable medium comprising a data storage material encoded with said atomic coordinates, wherein said data defines the active site cavity of dimeric human VAP-1 protein and said active site cavity is ˜20 Å×˜10 Å wide at the surface and ˜15 Å deep and further comprises amino acid Leu469 at the top of a narrow ˜4.5×˜4.5 cavity at the bottom of the site, d) using said computer and said atomic coordinates from c) to apply molecular modeling techniques to said coordinates, e) further providing atomic coordinates and the structure of a candidate compound, and f) identifying whether said compound interacts with human VAP-1 protein.