Nanodiscs: A toolkit for membrane protein science

SG Sligar, IG Denisov - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Membrane proteins are involved in numerous vital biological processes, including transport,
signal transduction and the enzymes in a variety of metabolic pathways. Integral membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic understanding from molecular dynamics in pharmaceutical research 2: lipid membrane in drug design

T Róg, M Girych, A Bunker - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
We review the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation as a drug design tool in the
context of the role that the lipid membrane can play in drug action, ie, the interaction …

Harnessing P450 enzyme for biotechnology and synthetic biology

L Zhang, Q Wang - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s, CYPs) catalyze the oxidative transformation of a wide
range of organic substrates. Their functions are crucial to xenobiotic metabolism and steroid …

Midazolam as a probe for drug–drug interactions mediated by cyp3a4: homotropic allosteric mechanism of site-specific hydroxylation

IG Denisov, YV Grinkova, T Camp, MA McLean… - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
We developed an efficient and sensitive probe for drug–drug interactions mediated by
human CYP3A4 by using midazolam (MDZ) as a probe substrate. Using global analysis of …

Homotropic cooperativity of midazolam metabolism by cytochrome P450 3A4: insight from computational studies

J Li, Y Chen, Y Tang, W Li, Y Tu - Journal of Chemical Information …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is responsible for the metabolism of∼ 50%
clinically used drugs. Midazolam (MDZ) is a commonly used sedative drug and serves as a …

[HTML][HTML] Midazolam as a probe for heterotropic drug-drug interactions mediated by CYP3A4

IG Denisov, YV Grinkova, MA McLean, T Camp… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human cytochrome P450 CYP3A4 is involved in the processing of more than 35% of current
pharmaceuticals and therefore is responsible for multiple drug-drug interactions (DDI). In …

[HTML][HTML] Structural basis of bidirectional allostery across the heme in a cytochrome P450 enzyme

A Kumar, DF Estrada - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Cytochromes P450 (CYPs) are heme-containing enzymes that are present in all kingdoms of
life and share a structurally homologous, globular protein fold. CYPs utilize structures distal …

Cooperative Substrate Binding Controls Catalysis in Bacterial Cytochrome P450terp (CYP108A1)

JA Gable, TL Poulos, AH Follmer - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite being one of the most well-studied aspects of cytochrome P450 chemistry, important
questions remain regarding the nature and ubiquity of allosteric regulation of catalysis. The …

Molecular insights into the heterotropic allosteric mechanism in cytochrome P450 3A4-mediated midazolam metabolism

T Fu, H Zhang, Q Zheng - Journal of Chemical Information and …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is the main P450 enzyme for drug metabolism and drug–
drug interactions (DDIs), as it is involved in the metabolic process of approximately 50% of …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction of CYP3A4 with caffeine: First insights into multiple substrate binding

IF Sevrioukova - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Human cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) is a major drug-metabolizing enzyme that shows
extreme substrate promiscuity. Moreover, its large and malleable active site can …