The p53 pathway: origins, inactivation in cancer, and emerging therapeutic approaches

AC Joerger, AR Fersht - Annual review of biochemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Inactivation of the transcription factor p53, through either direct mutation or aberrations in
one of its many regulatory pathways, is a hallmark of virtually every tumor. In recent years …

Drugging the p53 pathway: understanding the route to clinical efficacy

KH Khoo, CS Verma, DP Lane - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
The tumour suppressor p53 is the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, with more
than half of all human tumours carrying mutations in this particular gene. Intense efforts to …

AMG 176, a selective MCL1 inhibitor, is effective in hematologic cancer models alone and in combination with established therapies

S Caenepeel, SP Brown, B Belmontes, G Moody… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
The prosurvival BCL2 family member MCL1 is frequently dysregulated in cancer. To
overcome the significant challenges associated with inhibition of MCL1 protein–protein …

The FTMap family of web servers for determining and characterizing ligand-binding hot spots of proteins

D Kozakov, LE Grove, DR Hall, T Bohnuud… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
FTMap is a computational mapping server that identifies binding hot spots of
macromolecules—ie, regions of the surface with major contributions to the ligand-binding …

Small-molecule inhibitors of the MDM2–p53 protein–protein interaction (MDM2 Inhibitors) in clinical trials for cancer treatment: miniperspective

Y Zhao, A Aguilar, D Bernard… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Design of small-molecule inhibitors (MDM2 inhibitors) to block the MDM2–p53 protein–
protein interaction has been pursued as a new cancer therapeutic strategy. In recent years …

Modulators of protein–protein interactions

LG Milroy, TN Grossmann, S Hennig… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Since Hedin's characterization of trypsin and antitrypsin in 1906,(1) arguably the first
account of a regulatory protein–protein interaction (PPI), contemporary understanding of …

Targeting the MDM2–p53 protein–protein interaction for new cancer therapy: progress and challenges

S Wang, Y Zhao, A Aguilar… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
MDM2 is a primary cellular inhibitor of p53. It inhibits p53 function by multiple mechanisms,
each of which, however, is mediated by their direct interaction. It has been proposed that …

Pathological unfoldomics of uncontrolled chaos: intrinsically disordered proteins and human diseases

VN Uversky, V Davé, LM Iakoucheva… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Pathological Unfoldomics of Uncontrolled Chaos: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Human
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Enhanced Suppression of a Protein–Protein Interaction in Cells Using Small-Molecule Covalent Inhibitors Based on an N-Acyl-N-alkyl Sulfonamide Warhead

T Ueda, T Tamura, M Kawano, K Shiono… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) intimately govern various biological processes and
disease states and therefore have been identified as attractive therapeutic targets for small …

Automated adaptive absolute binding free energy calculations

F Clark, GR Robb, DJ Cole, J Michel - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Alchemical absolute binding free energy (ABFE) calculations have substantial potential in
drug discovery, but are often prohibitively computationally expensive. To unlock their …