Bromodomains: a new target class for drug development

AG Cochran, AR Conery, RJ Sims III - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Less than a decade ago, it was shown that bromodomains, acetyl lysine 'reader'modules
found in proteins with varied functions, were highly tractable small-molecule targets. This is …

Predicting binding free energies: frontiers and benchmarks

DL Mobley, MK Gilson - Annual review of biophysics, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Binding free energy calculations based on molecular simulations provide predicted affinities
for biomolecular complexes. These calculations begin with a detailed description of a …

Drug discovery targeting bromodomain-containing protein 4

Z Liu, P Wang, H Chen, EA Wold, B Tian… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
BRD4, the most extensively studied member of the BET family, is an epigenetic regulator
that localizes to DNA via binding to acetylated histones and controls the expression of …

Current development of CBP/p300 inhibitors in the last decade

ZX He, BF Wei, X Zhang, YP Gong, LY Ma… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
CBP/p300, functioning as histone acetyltransferases and transcriptional co-factors,
represents an attractive target for various diseases, including malignant tumor. The …

Discovery of epigenetic regulator I-BET762: lead optimization to afford a clinical candidate inhibitor of the BET bromodomains

O Mirguet, R Gosmini, J Toum… - Journal of medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The bromo and extra C-terminal domain (BET) family of bromodomains are involved in
binding epigenetic marks on histone proteins, more specifically acetylated lysine residues …

Structure-based design of an in vivo active selective BRD9 inhibitor

LJ Martin, M Koegl, G Bader, XL Cockcroft… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Components of the chromatin remodelling switch/sucrose nonfermentable (SWI/SNF)
complex are recurrently mutated in tumors, suggesting that altering the activity of the …

Discovery of I-BRD9, a selective cell active chemical probe for bromodomain containing protein 9 inhibition

NH Theodoulou, P Bamborough… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Acetylation of histone lysine residues is one of the most well-studied post-translational
modifications of chromatin, selectively recognized by bromodomain “reader” modules …

[HTML][HTML] A subset of human bromodomains recognizes butyryllysine and crotonyllysine histone peptide modifications

EM Flynn, OW Huang, F Poy, M Oppikofer, SF Bellon… - Structure, 2015 - cell.com
Bromodomains are epigenetic readers that are recruited to acetyllysine residues in histone
tails. Recent studies have identified non-acetyl acyllysine modifications, raising the …

The Bromodomain protein BRD4 controls HOTAIR, a long noncoding RNA essential for glioblastoma proliferation

C Pastori, P Kapranov, C Penas… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) domain proteins have emerged as promising
therapeutic targets in glioblastoma and many other cancers. Small molecule inhibitors of …

Acetyl-lysine binding site of bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) interacts with diverse kinase inhibitors

SWJ Ember, JY Zhu, SH Olesen, MP Martin… - ACS chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Members of the bromodomain and extra terminal (BET) family of proteins are essential for
the recognition of acetylated lysine (KAc) residues in histones and have emerged as …