Enhancing hit discovery in virtual screening through absolute protein–ligand binding free-energy calculations

W Chen, D Cui, SV Jerome, M Michino… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the hit identification stage of drug discovery, a diverse chemical space needs to be
explored to identify initial hits. Contrary to empirical scoring functions, absolute protein …

Development of monoclonal antibodies against recombinant LipL21 protein of pathogenic Leptospira through phage display technology

MRM Ali, JS Sum, NNA Baki, YS Choong… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Leptospirosis is a potentially fatal zoonosis that is caused by spirochete Leptospira. The
signs and symptoms of leptospirosis are usually varied, allowing it to be mistaken for other …

Enhancing hit discovery in virtual screening through accurate calculation of absolute protein-ligand binding free energies

W Chen, D Cui, SV Jerome, M Michino, EB Lenselink… - 2022 - chemrxiv.org
In the hit identification stage of drug discovery, a diverse chemical space needs to be
explored to identify initial hits. Contrary to empirical scoring functions, absolute protein …

Antimicrobial antibodies by phage display: Identification of antibody-based inhibitor against mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase

ACW Ch'ng, L Schepergerdes, YS Choong, M Hust… - Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing incidence reports of antibiotic resistance highlights the need for alternative
approaches to deal with bacterial infections. This brought about the idea of utilizing …

The structures of salt-inducible kinase 3 in complex with inhibitors reveal determinants for binding and selectivity

L Öster, M Castaldo, E de Vries, F Edfeldt… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
The salt-inducible kinases (SIKs) 1 to 3, belonging to the AMPK-related kinase family, serve
as master regulators orchestrating a diverse set of physiological processes such as …

Insights into Mcl-1 conformational states and allosteric inhibition mechanism from molecular dynamics simulations, enhanced sampling, and pocket crosstalk analysis

M Benabderrahmane, R Bureau… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In this study, we explored the structural dynamics of Mcl-1, an anti-apoptotic protein. On the
basis of structural ensembles, the essential dynamics was extracted and showed two major …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of the specificity and interaction mechanism of Bmf binding to pro-survival Bcl-2 family proteins

H Wang, M Guo, H Wei, Y Chen - Computational and Structural …, 2023 - Elsevier
The apoptotic pathway is regulated by protein-protein interactions between members of the
Bcl-2 family. Pro-survival Bcl-2 family proteins act as cell guardians and protect cells against …

[HTML][HTML] 50 years of antibody numbering schemes: a statistical and structural evaluation reveals key differences and limitations

Z Zhu, KS Olson, TJ Magliery - Antibodies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The complementarity-determining region (CDR) of antibodies represents the
most diverse region both in terms of sequence and structural characteristics, playing the …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of the neurotoxin palytoxin determined by MicroED

C Gillman, K Patel, J Unge, T Gonen - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Palytoxin (PTX) is a potent neurotoxin found in marine animals that can cause serious
symptoms such as muscle contractions, haemolysis of red blood cells and potassium …

Primary structural variations in systemic AL amyloidosis

J Baur - 2023 - oparu.uni-ulm.de
Systemic AL amyloidosis is a rare disease that originates from an abnormally proliferating
plasma cell producing an excess of a patient-specific light chain. These free light chains are …