Structure-based design of targeted covalent inhibitors

R Lonsdale, RA Ward - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent inhibition is a rapidly growing discipline within drug discovery. Many historical
covalent inhibitors were discovered by serendipity, with such a mechanism of action often …

Validation strategies for target prediction methods

N Mathai, Y Chen, J Kirchmair - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Computational methods for target prediction, based on molecular similarity and network-
based approaches, machine learning, docking and others, have evolved as valuable and …

[HTML][HTML] Penicillamine functionalized B12N12 and B12CaN12 nanocages act as potential inhibitors of proinflammatory cytokines: A combined DFT analysis, ADMET …

Y Cao, A Khan, H Balakheyli, ANK Lup… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The adsorption of penicillamine (PCA) on pure B 12 N 12 and B 12 CaN 12 nanocages in
aqueous and chloroform solvents has been evaluated using density functional theory (DFT) …

Targeting the achilles heel of FtsZ: The interdomain cleft

P Pradhan, W Margolin, TK Beuria - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Widespread antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens is a serious threat to public
health. Thus, identification of new targets and development of new antibacterial agents are …

SiteRadar: utilizing graph machine learning for precise mapping of protein–ligand-binding sites

SA Evteev, AV Ereshchenko… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Identifying ligand-binding sites on the protein surface is a crucial step in the structure-based
drug design. Although multiple techniques have been proposed, including those using …

Proteins and their interacting partners: An introduction to protein–ligand binding site prediction methods

DB Roche, DA Brackenridge, LJ McGuffin - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Elucidating the biological and biochemical roles of proteins, and subsequently determining
their interacting partners, can be difficult and time consuming using in vitro and/or in vivo …

The design and development of covalent protein-protein interaction inhibitors for cancer treatment

SS Cheng, GJ Yang, W Wang, CH Leung… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are central to a variety of biological processes, and their
dysfunction is implicated in the pathogenesis of a range of human diseases, including …

Anticancer opportunities at every stage of chemokine function

NVO Zacarías, MP Bemelmans, TM Handel… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
The chemokine system, comprising 48 chemokines and 23 receptors, is critically involved in
several hallmarks of cancer. Yet, despite extensive efforts from the pharmaceutical sector …

Evidence for ligandable sites in structured RNA throughout the Protein Data Bank

WM Hewitt, DR Calabrese, JS Schneekloth Jr - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
RNA has attracted considerable attention as a target for small molecules. However, methods
to identify, study, and characterize suitable RNA targets have lagged behind strategies for …

An in-silico receptor-pharmacophore based multistep molecular docking and simulation study to evaluate the inhibitory potentials against NS1 of DENV-2

A Roy, I Paul, T Paul, K Hazarika… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
DENV-2 strain is the most fatal and infectious of the five dengue virus serotypes. The non-
structural protein NS1 encoded by its genome is the most significant protein required for viral …