Fragment-based approaches in drug discovery and chemical biology

DE Scott, AG Coyne, SA Hudson, C Abell - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Fragment-based approaches to finding novel small molecules that bind to proteins are now
firmly established in drug discovery and chemical biology. Initially developed primarily in a …

Notch signaling in breast cancer: a role in drug resistance

MK BeLow, C Osipo - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease that can be subdivided into unique molecular
subtypes based on protein expression of the Estrogen Receptor, Progesterone Receptor …

Fragment based drug design: from experimental to computational approaches

A Kumar, A Voet, KYJ Zhang - Current medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Fragment based drug design has emerged as an effective alternative to high throughput
screening for the identification of lead compounds in drug discovery in the past fifteen years …

Overcoming chemical, biological, and computational challenges in the development of inhibitors targeting protein-protein interactions

L Laraia, G McKenzie, DR Spring, AR Venkitaraman… - Chemistry & biology, 2015 - cell.com
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) underlie the majority of biological processes, signaling,
and disease. Approaches to modulate PPIs with small molecules have therefore attracted …

Integrated biophysical approach to fragment screening and validation for fragment-based lead discovery

HL Silvestre, TL Blundell, C Abell… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
In fragment-based drug discovery, the weak affinities exhibited by fragments pose significant
challenges for screening. Biophysical techniques are used to address this challenge, but …

Biophysical and computational fragment-based approaches to targeting protein–protein interactions: applications in structure-guided drug discovery

A Winter, AP Higueruelo, M Marsh… - Quarterly reviews of …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Drug discovery has classically targeted the active sites of enzymes or ligand-binding sites of
receptors and ion channels. In an attempt to improve selectivity of drug candidates …

Beyond its antioxidant properties: Quercetin targets multiple signalling pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma in rats

YA Salama, A El-Karef, AM El Gayyar… - Life Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Aims Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) pathogenesis involves the interplay of multiple
signalling pathways. Notch and Hedgehog (Hh) are two major developmental pathways that …

Disarming Burkholderia pseudomallei: Structural and Functional Characterization of a Disulfide Oxidoreductase (DsbA) Required for Virulence In Vivo

PM Ireland, RM McMahon, LE Marshall… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Aims: The intracellular pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei causes the disease
melioidosis, a major source of morbidity and mortality in southeast Asia and northern …

Progress in discovery of small-molecule modulators of protein–protein interactions via fragment screening

TV Magee - Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) present a formidable challenge to medicinal chemistry.
The extended and open nature of many binding sites at protein interfaces has made it …

ANKRD9 is a metabolically-controlled regulator of IMPDH2 abundance and macro-assembly

D Hayward, VL Kouznetsova, HE Pierson… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Members of a large family of Ankyrin Repeat Domain (ANKRD) proteins regulate numerous
cellular processes by binding to specific protein targets and modulating their activity …