The emerging role of RNA as a therapeutic target for small molecules

CM Connelly, MH Moon, JS Schneekloth - Cell chemical biology, 2016 - cell.com
Recent advances in understanding different RNAs and unique features of their biology have
revealed a wealth of information. However, approaches to identify small molecules that …

19 F NMR viewed through two different lenses: ligand-observed and protein-observed 19 F NMR applications for fragment-based drug discovery

CR Buchholz, WCK Pomerantz - RSC chemical biology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
19F NMR has emerged as a powerful tool in drug discovery, particularly in fragment-based
screens. The favorable magnetic resonance properties of the fluorine-19 nucleus, the …

Ligand-based fluorine NMR screening: principles and applications in drug discovery projects

C Dalvit, A Vulpetti - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Ligand-based fluorine NMR screening has gained popularity in drug discovery projects
during the past decade and has become a powerful methodology to produce high quality …

The tale of RNA G-quadruplex

P Agarwala, S Pandey, S Maiti - Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
G-quadruplexes are non-canonical secondary structures found in guanine rich regions of
DNA and RNA. Reports have indicated the wide occurrence of RNA G-quadruplexes across …

Targeting RNA in mammalian systems with small molecules

A Donlic, AE Hargrove - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The recognition of RNA functions beyond canonical protein synthesis has challenged the
central dogma of molecular biology. Indeed, RNA is now known to directly regulate many …

The role of RNA G‐quadruplexes in human diseases and therapeutic strategies

P Kharel, S Balaratnam, N Beals… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
G‐quadruplexes (GQs) are four‐stranded secondary structures formed by G‐rich nucleic
acid sequence (s). DNA GQs are present abundantly in the genome and affect a wide range …

RNA structures as mediators of neurological diseases and as drug targets

V Bernat, MD Disney - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
RNAs adopt diverse folded structures that are essential for function and thus play critical
roles in cellular biology. A striking example of this is the ribosome, a complex, three …

Frameworks for targeting RNA with small molecules

AU Juru, AE Hargrove - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Since the characterization of mRNA in 1961, our understanding of the roles of RNA
molecules has significantly grown. Beyond serving as a link between DNA and proteins …

A small molecule that represses translation of G-quadruplex-containing mRNA

Y Katsuda, S Sato, L Asano, Y Morimura… - Journal of the …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The G-quadruplexes form highly stable nucleic acid structures, which are implicated in
various biological processes in both DNA and RNA. Although DNA G-quadruplexes have …

Discovery of RNA-targeted small molecules through the merging of experimental and computational technologies

EC Morishita - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The field of RNA-targeted small molecules is rapidly evolving, owing to the
advances in experimental and computational technologies. With the identification of several …