RAS-targeted therapies: is the undruggable drugged?

AR Moore, SC Rosenberg, F McCormick… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract RAS (KRAS, NRAS and HRAS) is the most frequently mutated gene family in
cancers, and, consequently, investigators have sought an effective RAS inhibitor for more …

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 …

Artificial intelligence and machine learning disciplines with the potential to improve the nanotoxicology and nanomedicine fields: a comprehensive review

AV Singh, M Varma, P Laux, S Choudhary… - Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
The use of nanomaterials in medicine depends largely on nanotoxicological evaluation in
order to ensure safe application on living organisms. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine …

Drugging an undruggable pocket on KRAS

D Kessler, M Gmachl, A Mantoulidis… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The 3 human RAS genes, KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS, encode 4 different RAS proteins which
belong to the protein family of small GTPases that function as binary molecular switches …

[HTML][HTML] The current understanding of KRAS protein structure and dynamics

T Pantsar - Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the most common drivers in human cancer is the mutant KRAS protein. Not so long
ago KRAS was considered as an undruggable oncoprotein. After a long struggle, however …

Mutation-induced impacts on the switch transformations of the GDP-and GTP-bound K-ras: Insights from multiple replica Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics …

J Chen, S Zhang, W Wang, L Pang… - Journal of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Mutations yield significant effect on the structural flexibility of two switch domains, SW1 and
SW2, in K-Ras, which is considered as an important target of anticancer drug design. To …

Conformations of KRAS4B affected by its partner binding and G12C mutation: insights from GaMD trajectory-image transformation-based deep learning

J Chen, J Wang, W Yang, L Zhao… - Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Binding of partners and mutations highly affects the conformational dynamics of KRAS4B,
which is of significance for deeply understanding its function. Gaussian accelerated …

A potent KRAS macromolecule degrader specifically targeting tumours with mutant KRAS

N Bery, A Miller, T Rabbitts - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Tumour-associated KRAS mutations are the most prevalent in the three RAS-family isoforms
and involve many different amino-acids. Therefore, molecules able to interfere with mutant …

Molecular transformer unifies reaction prediction and retrosynthesis across pharma chemical space

Q Yang, V Sresht, P Bolgar, X Hou… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Predicting how a complex molecule reacts with different reagents, and how to synthesise
complex molecules from simpler starting materials, are fundamental to organic chemistry …

Small-molecule inhibitors directly targeting KRAS as anticancer therapeutics

H Chen, JB Smaill, T Liu, K Ding… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
KRAS, the most frequently mutated oncogene, plays a predominant role in driving initiation
and progression of cancers. Decades of effort to target KRAS using small molecules has …