Recent advances in the development of protein–protein interactions modulators: mechanisms and clinical trials

H Lu, Q Zhou, J He, Z Jiang, C Peng, R Tong… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) have pivotal roles in life processes. The studies showed
that aberrant PPIs are associated with various diseases, including cancer, infectious …

Recent advances in targeting the “undruggable” proteins: from drug discovery to clinical trials

X Xie, T Yu, X Li, N Zhang, LJ Foster, C Peng… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Undruggable proteins are a class of proteins that are often characterized by large, complex
structures or functions that are difficult to interfere with using conventional drug design …

Protein assembly by design

J Zhu, N Avakyan, A Kakkis, AM Hoffnagle… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Proteins are nature's primary building blocks for the construction of sophisticated molecular
machines and dynamic materials, ranging from protein complexes such as photosystem II …

[HTML][HTML] The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential

AL Oliveira, MF Viegas, SL da Silva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The fascination and fear of snakes dates back to time immemorial, with the first scientific
treatise on snakebite envenoming, the Brooklyn Medical Papyrus, dating from ancient Egypt …

Nonspecific binding—fundamental concepts and consequences for biosensing applications

A Frutiger, A Tanno, S Hwu, RF Tiefenauer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature achieves differentiation of specific and nonspecific binding in molecular interactions
through precise control of biomolecules in space and time. Artificial systems such as …

De novo design of bioactive protein switches

RA Langan, SE Boyken, AH Ng, JA Samson, G Dods… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Allosteric regulation of protein function is widespread in biology, but is challenging for de
novo protein design as it requires the explicit design of multiple states with comparable free …

Structure‐based design of inhibitors of protein–protein interactions: mimicking peptide binding epitopes

M Pelay‐Gimeno, A Glas, O Koch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus
making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective …

Orally absorbed cyclic peptides

DS Nielsen, NE Shepherd, W Xu, AJ Lucke… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Peptides and proteins are not orally bioavailable in mammals, although a few peptides are
intestinally absorbed in small amounts. Polypeptides are generally too large and polar to …

Multifaceted roles of disulfide bonds. Peptides as therapeutics

M Gongora-Benitez, J Tulla-Puche… - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
In the last century, small-molecule natural products were the main inspiration for most drug
discovery programs based either on high-throughput screening (HTS) or rational design …

Protein-protein interaction modulators: advances, successes and remaining challenges

L Mabonga, AP Kappo - Biophysical reviews, 2019 - Springer
Modulating disease-relevant protein-protein interactions (PPIs) using small-molecule
inhibitors is a quite indispensable diagnostic and therapeutic strategy in averting …