Regulation of membrane protein structure and function by their lipid nano-environment

I Levental, E Lyman - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Transmembrane proteins comprise~ 30% of the mammalian proteome, mediating
metabolism, signalling, transport and many other functions required for cellular life. The …

G protein-coupled receptors: structure-and function-based drug discovery

D Yang, Q Zhou, V Labroska, S Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the most successful therapeutic target families, G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) have experienced a transformation from random ligand screening to knowledge …

The expanding role of pyridine and dihydropyridine scaffolds in drug design

Y Ling, ZY Hao, D Liang, CL Zhang… - Drug design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pyridine-based ring systems are one of the most extensively used heterocycles in the field of
drug design, primarily due to their profound effect on pharmacological activity, which has led …

QSAR without borders

EN Muratov, J Bajorath, RP Sheridan… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Prediction of chemical bioactivity and physical properties has been one of the most
important applications of statistical and more recently, machine learning and artificial …

Non-uniform refinement: adaptive regularization improves single-particle cryo-EM reconstruction

A Punjani, H Zhang, DJ Fleet - Nature methods, 2020 - nature.com
Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is widely used to study biological macromolecules
that comprise regions with disorder, flexibility or partial occupancy. For example, membrane …

Molecular dynamics simulations in drug discovery and pharmaceutical development

OMH Salo-Ahen, I Alanko, R Bhadane, AMJJ Bonvin… - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have become increasingly useful in the modern drug
development process. In this review, we give a broad overview of the current application …

Macromolecular modeling and design in Rosetta: recent methods and frameworks

JK Leman, BD Weitzner, SM Lewis, J Adolf-Bryfogle… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The Rosetta software for macromolecular modeling, docking and design is extensively used
in laboratories worldwide. During two decades of development by a community of …

Trends in GPCR drug discovery: new agents, targets and indications

AS Hauser, MM Attwood, M Rask-Andersen… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the most intensively studied drug targets, mostly
due to their substantial involvement in human pathophysiology and their pharmacological …

[HTML][HTML] A physical wiring diagram for the human immune system

J Shilts, Y Severin, F Galaway, N Müller-Sienerth… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The human immune system is composed of a distributed network of cells circulating
throughout the body, which must dynamically form physical associations and communicate …

[HTML][HTML] Principles for targeting RNA with drug-like small molecules

KD Warner, CE Hajdin, KM Weeks - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
RNA molecules are essential for cellular information transfer and gene regulation, and
RNAs have been implicated in many human diseases. Messenger and non-coding RNAs …