Identification of a drug targeting an intrinsically disordered protein involved in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

JL Neira, J Bintz, M Arruebo, B Rizzuti, T Bonacci… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are prevalent in eukaryotes, performing signaling and
regulatory functions. Often associated with human diseases, they constitute drug …

Design of inhibitors of the intrinsically disordered protein NUPR1: Balance between drug affinity and target function

B Rizzuti, W Lan, P Santofimia-Castaño, Z Zhou… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are emerging as attractive drug targets by virtue of
their physiological ubiquity and their prevalence in various diseases, including cancer …

Ligand-based design identifies a potent NUPR1 inhibitor exerting anticancer activity via necroptosis

P Santofimia-Castaño, Y Xia, W Lan… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are emerging as attractive drug targets by virtue of
their prevalence in various diseases including cancer. Drug development targeting IDPs is …

Targeting the stress-induced protein NUPR1 to treat pancreatic adenocarcinoma

P Santofimia-Castaño, Y Xia, L Peng… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells activate stress-response mechanisms to adapt themselves to a variety of
stressful conditions. Among these protective mechanisms, those controlled by the stress …

Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins involved in cancer

P Santofimia-Castaño, B Rizzuti, Y Xia, O Abian… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not have a well-defined structure under
physiological conditions, but they have key roles in cell signaling and regulation, and they …

Identification of inhibitors of biological interactions involving intrinsically disordered proteins

D Marasco, PL Scognamiglio - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Protein–protein interactions involving disordered partners have unique features and
represent prominent targets in drug discovery processes. Intrinsically Disordered Proteins …

Intrinsically disordered proteins and novel strategies for drug discovery

VN Uversky - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: There is a natural abundance of intrinsically disordered proteins or intrinsically
disordered protein regions (IDPs or IDPRs), that is, biologically active proteins/regions …

Ligand clouds around protein clouds: a scenario of ligand binding with intrinsically disordered proteins

F Jin, C Yu, L Lai, Z Liu - PLoS computational biology, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) were found to be widely associated with human
diseases and may serve as potential drug design targets. However, drug design targeting …

Targeting intrinsically disordered proteins in rational drug discovery

S Ambadipudi, M Zweckstetter - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered protein
regions (IDPRs) have gained wide recognition over the past decade due to their versatile …

Determinants of the pKa values of ionizable residues in an intrinsically disordered protein

JL Neira, B Rizzuti, JL Iovanna - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are prevalent in eukaryotes; in humans, they are
often associated with diseases. The protein NUPR1 is a multifunctional IDP involved in the …