Homology modeling in drug discovery: current trends and applications

CN Cavasotto, SS Phatak - Drug discovery today, 2009 - Elsevier
As structural genomics (SG) projects continue to deposit representative 3D structures of
proteins, homology modeling methods will play an increasing role in structure-based drug …

[HTML][HTML] Homology modeling a fast tool for drug discovery: current perspectives

VK Vyas, RD Ukawala, M Ghate… - Indian journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Major goal of structural biology involve formation of protein-ligand complexes; in which the
protein molecules act energetically in the course of binding. Therefore, perceptive of protein …

Progress in structure based drug design for G protein-coupled receptors

M Congreve, CJ Langmead, JS Mason… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - ACS Publications
In 1998, Bikker, Trumpp-Kallmeyer, and Humblet published a Perspective in this journal
entitled “G-Protein Coupled Receptors: Models, Mutagenesis and Drug Design” and …

Synthesis and properties of hydrazones bearing amide, thioamide and amidine functions

NP Belskaya, W Dehaen, VA Bakulev - 2010 - elar.urfu.ru
This review provides detailed methods for the synthesis, structures and chemical properties
of hydrazones bearing carboxamide, thioamide and amidine functions. The main accent was …

New class of potent antitumor acylhydrazone derivatives containing furan

Z Cui, Y Li, Y Ling, J Huang, J Cui, R Wang… - European journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
A pair of chemical isomeric structures of N-acylhydrazone compounds I and II were
designed and synthesized. The reaction was carried out with high diastereoselectivity to …

Open challenges in structure-based virtual screening: Receptor modeling, target flexibility consideration and active site water molecules description

F Spyrakis, CN Cavasotto - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Structure-based virtual screening is currently an established tool in drug lead
discovery projects. Although in the last years the field saw an impressive progress in terms …

Synthesis of Novel N-Acylhydrazones and Their CN/NN Bond Conformational Characterization by NMR Spectroscopy

R Munir, N Javid, M Zia-ur-Rehman, M Zaheer… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this article, a synthesis of N'-(benzylidene)-2-(6-methyl-1 H-pyrazolo [3, 4-b] quinolin-1-yl)
acetohydrazides and their structural interpretation by NMR experiments is described in an …

Computational chemistry in drug lead discovery and design

CN Cavasotto, MG Aucar… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The main contributions of our group during the last 15 years developing and using
biomolecular simulation tools in drug lead discovery and design, in close collaboration with …

Characterization of Amide Bond Conformers for a Novel Heterocyclic Template of N-acylhydrazone Derivatives

AB Lopes, E Miguez, AE Kümmerle, VM Rumjanek… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
Herein we describe NMR experiments and structural modifications of 4-methyl-2-
phenylpyrimidine-N-acylhydrazone compounds (aryl-NAH) in order to discover if duplication …

High-throughput and in silico screenings in drug discovery

SS Phatak, CC Stephan… - Expert Opinion on Drug …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: In the current situation of weak drug pipelines, impending patent expiration of
several blockbuster drugs, industry consolidation and changing business models that target …