Development of a method for converting a TAK1 type I inhibitor into a type II or c-helix-out inhibitor by structure-based drug design (SBDD)

T Muraoka, M Ide, M Irie, K Morikami… - Chemical and …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
We have developed a method for converting a transforming growth factor-β-activated kinase
1 (TAK1) type I inhibitor into a type II or c-helix-out inhibitor by structure-based drug design …

Discovery of Novel Indole-Based Allosteric Highly Potent ATX Inhibitors with Great In Vivo Efficacy in a Mouse Lung Fibrosis Model

H Lei, M Guo, X Li, F Jia, C Li, Y Yang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Autotaxin (ATX) is the dominant catalytic enzyme accounting for the lipid mediator
lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) through hydrolysis of lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). There is …

Discovery of potential TAAR1 agonist targeting neurological and psychiatric disorders: An in silico approach

V Garisetti, AK Dhanabalan, G Dasararaju - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) is a G-protein-coupled receptor which is
primarily expressed in the brain. It is activated by trace amines which play a role in …

Novel biguanide-based derivatives scouted as TAAR1 agonists: Synthesis, biological evaluation, ADME prediction and molecular docking studies

M Tonelli, S Espinoza, RR Gainetdinov… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Trace amines (TAs) are endogenous neuromodulators that play a functional role in the
synaptic transmission within central nervous system (CNS), targeting trace amine …

Crystal structures and binding studies of atovaquone and its derivatives with cytochrome bc 1: a molecular basis for drug design

SK Nayak, SB Mallik, SP Kanaujia, K Sekar… - …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Crystal structure of trans-atovaquone (antimalarial drug), its polymorph and its stereoisomer
(cis) along with five other derivatives with different functional groups have been analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] QSAR and molecular docking studies of the inhibitory activity of novel heterocyclic GABA analogues over GABA-AT

J Rodríguez-Lozada, E Tovar-Gudiño… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
We have previously reported the synthesis, in vitro and in silico activities of new GABA
analogues as inhibitors of the GABA-AT enzyme from Pseudomonas fluorescens, where the …

Theoretical studies on benzimidazole derivatives as E. coli biotin carboxylase inhibitors

S Nagamani, K Muthusamy, P Kirubakaran… - Medicinal Chemistry …, 2012 - Springer
Biotin carboxylase (AccC) protein plays an essential role in cell wall biosynthesis in majority
of bacterial genera. Inhibition of cell wall biosynthesis might be an ideal way to control the …

The design of TOPK inhibitors using structure-based pharmacophore modeling and molecular docking based on an MD-refined homology model

LI Fakhouri, NA Al-Shar'i - Molecular Diversity, 2022 - Springer
The TOPK enzyme (also known as PBK) is a serine-threonine protein kinase that is rarely
detected in normal tissues yet is found to be overexpressed and activated in a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Structure-based optimization of inhibitors of the aspartic protease endothiapepsin

AM Hartman, M Mondal, N Radeva, G Klebe… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Aspartic proteases are a class of enzymes that play a causative role in numerous diseases
such as malaria (plasmepsins), Alzheimer's disease (β-secretase), fungal infections …

Tautomerism in computer‐aided drug design

P Pospisil, P Ballmer, L Scapozza… - Journal of Receptors and …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Tautomers are often disregarded in computer‐aided molecular modeling applications. Little
is known about the different tautomeric states of a molecule and they are rarely registered in …