Evaluation of substituted pyrazole-based kinase inhibitors in one decade (2011–2020): Current status and future prospects

MI El-Gamal, SO Zaraei, MM Madkour, HS Anbar - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pyrazole has been recognized as a pharmacologically important privileged scaffold whose
derivatives produce almost all types of pharmacological activities and have attracted much …

Is it reliable to take the molecular docking top scoring position as the best solution without considering available structural data?

D Ramírez, J Caballero - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Molecular docking is the most frequently used computational method for studying the
interactions between organic molecules and biological macromolecules. In this context …

Recent progress in the identification of BRAF inhibitors as anti-cancer agents

HB El-Nassan - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The “RAS/BRAF/MEK/ERK” pathway has been associated with human cancers due
to the frequent oncogenic mutations identified in its members. In particular, BRAF is mutated …

Fully ab initio protein‐ligand interaction energies with dispersion corrected density functional theory

J Antony, S Grimme - Journal of computational chemistry, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Dispersion corrected density functional theory (DFT‐D3) is used for fully ab initio protein‐
ligand (PL) interaction energy calculation via molecular fractionation with conjugated caps …

Exploring molecular mechanisms of paradoxical activation in the BRAF kinase dimers: atomistic simulations of conformational dynamics and modeling of allosteric …

A Tse, GM Verkhivker - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The recent studies have revealed that most BRAF inhibitors can paradoxically induce kinase
activation by promoting dimerization and enzyme transactivation. Despite rapidly growing …

In Silico Identification of Promising New Pyrazole Derivative-Based Small Molecules for Modulating CRMP2, C-RAF, CYP17, VEGFR, C-KIT, and HDAC—Application …

FE Bennani, K Karrouchi, L Doudach, M Scrima… - Current Issues in …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite continual efforts being made with multiple clinical studies and deploying cutting-
edge diagnostic tools and technologies, the discovery of new cancer therapies remains of …

Insights into the interactions between maleimide derivates and GSK3β combining molecular docking and QSAR

L Quesada-Romero, K Mena-Ulecia, W Tiznado… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Many protein kinase (PK) inhibitors have been reported in recent years, but only a few have
been approved for clinical use. The understanding of the available molecular information …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis serine/threonine protein kinases: Structural information for the design of their specific ATP-competitive inhibitors

J Caballero, A Morales-Bayuelo… - Journal of Computer …, 2018 - Springer
In the last decades, human protein kinases (PKs) have been relevant as targets in the
development of novel therapies against many diseases, but the study of Mycobacterium …

Insights into the Role of Magnesium Triad in myo-Inositol Monophosphatase: Metal Mechanism, Substrate Binding, and Lithium Therapy

S Lu, W Huang, X Li, Z Huang, X Liu… - Journal of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
myo-Inositol monophosphatase (IMPase) plays a pivotal role in the intracellular
phosphatidylinositol cell signaling pathway. It has attracted considerable attention as a …

User-friendly quantum mechanics: applications for drug discovery

M Kotev, L Sarrat, CD Gonzalez - Quantum Mechanics in Drug Discovery, 2020 - Springer
Quantum mechanics (QM) methods provide a fine description of receptor-ligand interactions
and of chemical reactions. Their use in drug design and drug discovery is increasing …