Seeking heterocyclic scaffolds as antivirals against dengue virus

S De, B Aamna, R Sahu, S Parida, SK Behera… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dengue is one of the most typical viral infection categorized in the Neglected Tropical
Diseases (NTDs). It is transmitted via the female Aedes aegypti mosquito to humans and …

Structural properties and interaction partners of familial ALS-associated SOD1 mutants

J Huai, Z Zhang - Frontiers in neurology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron degenerative disease
in adults and has also been proven to be a type of conformational disease associated with …

Family-wide structural analysis of human numb-associated protein kinases

FJ Sorrell, M Szklarz, KRA Azeez, JM Elkins, S Knapp - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
The highly diverse Numb-associated kinase (NAK) family has been linked to broad cellular
functions including receptor-mediated endocytosis, Notch pathway modulation, osteoblast …

Development and therapeutic potential of adaptor-associated kinase 1 inhibitors in human multifaceted diseases

X Xin, Y Wang, L Zhang, D Zhang, L Sha, Z Zhu… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Adaptor-Associated Kinase 1 (AAK1), a Ser/Thr protein kinase, responsible for
regulating clathrin-mediated endocytosis, is ubiquitous in the central nervous system (CNS) …

WNT activates the AAK1 kinase to promote clathrin-mediated endocytosis of LRP6 and establish a negative feedback loop

MJ Agajanian, MP Walker, AD Axtman… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Summary β-Catenin-dependent WNT signal transduction governs development, tissue
homeostasis, and a vast array of human diseases. Signal propagation through a WNT …

Discovery of (S)-1-((2′,6-Bis(difluoromethyl)-[2,4′-bipyridin]-5-yl)oxy)-2,4-dimethylpentan-2-amine (BMS-986176/LX-9211): A Highly Selective, CNS Penetrable …

G Luo, L Chen, WA Kostich, B Hamman… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent mouse knockout studies identified adapter protein-2 associated kinase 1 (AAK1) as
a viable target for treating neuropathic pain. Potent small-molecule inhibitors of AAK1 have …

Depletion of endogenously biotinylated carboxylases enhances the sensitivity of TurboID-mediated proximity labeling in Caenorhabditis elegans

M Artan, M Hartl, W Chen, M De Bono - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
Proximity-dependent protein labeling provides a powerful in vivo strategy to characterize the
interactomes of specific proteins. We previously optimized a proximity labeling protocol for …

Chemical probes for understudied kinases: challenges and opportunities

RAM Serafim, JM Elkins, WJ Zuercher… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over 20 years after the approval of the first-in-class protein kinase inhibitor imatinib, the
biological function of a significant fraction of the human kinome remains poorly understood …

Identification of pyrimidine-based lead compounds for understudied kinases implicated in driving neurodegeneration

DH Drewry, JK Annor-Gyamfi, CI Wells… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The pyrimidine core has been utilized extensively to construct kinase inhibitors, including
eight FDA-approved drugs. Because the pyrimidine hinge-binding motif is accommodated …

SGC-AAK1-1: a chemical probe targeting AAK1 and BMP2K

C Wells, RM Counago, JC Limas… - ACS medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Inhibitors based on a 3-acylaminoindazole scaffold were synthesized to yield potent dual
AAK1/BMP2K inhibitors. Optimization furnished a small molecule chemical probe (SGC …