Role of FKBP5 and its genetic mutations in stress-induced psychiatric disorders: an opportunity for drug discovery

M Malekpour, D Shekouh, ME Safavinia… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Stress-induced mental health disorders are affecting many people around the world.
However, effective drug therapy for curing psychiatric diseases does not occur sufficiently …

Structure and function of the TPR‐domain immunophilins FKBP51 and FKBP52 in normal physiology and disease

OB Soto, CS Ramirez, R Koyani… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coordinated cochaperone interactions with Hsp90 and associated client proteins are crucial
for a multitude of signaling pathways in normal physiology, as well as in disease settings …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of allosteric activation of SIRT6 revealed by the action of rationally designed activators

S Lu, Y Chen, J Wei, M Zhao, D Ni, X He… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of activator compounds binding to an allosteric site on the NAD+-
dependent protein lysine deacetylase, sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) has attracted interest and presents a …

SAFit2 reduces neuroinflammation and ameliorates nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain

S Wedel, P Mathoor, O Rauh, T Heymann… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Neuropathic pain is experienced worldwide by patients suffering from nerve
injuries, infectious or metabolic diseases or chemotherapy. However, the treatment options …

Picomolar FKBP inhibitors enabled by a single water-displacing methyl group in bicyclic [4.3. 1] aza-amides

JM Kolos, S Pomplun, S Jung, B Rieß, PL Purder… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Methyl groups can have profound effects in drug discovery but the underlying mechanisms
are diverse and incompletely understood. Here we report the stereospecific effect of a …

Structure-based design of high-affinity macrocyclic FKBP51 inhibitors

M Bauder, C Meyners, PL Purder, S Merz… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The FK506-binding protein 51 (FKBP51) emerged as a key player in several diseases like
stress-related disorders, chronic pain, and obesity. Linear analogues of FK506 called SAFit …

Macrocyclic FKBP51 ligands define a transient binding mode with enhanced selectivity

AM Voll, C Meyners, MC Taubert, T Bajaj… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Subtype selectivity represents a challenge in many drug discovery campaigns. A typical
example is the FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP51), which has emerged as an attractive …

Transient conformations in the unliganded FK506 binding domain of FKBP51 correspond to two distinct inhibitor-bound states

JS Anderson, DM LeMaster, G Hernández - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
Members of the FK506-binding protein (FKBP) family regulate a range of important
physiological processes. Unfortunately, current therapeutics such as FK506 and rapamycin …

Conformational switch of the 250s loop enables the efficient transglycosylation in GH family 77

Z Guo, L Wang, D Rao, W Liu, M Xue… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Amylomaltases (AMs) play important roles in glycogen and maltose metabolism. However,
the molecular mechanism is elusive. Here, we investigated the conformational dynamics of …

Development of NanoBRET‐binding assays for FKBP‐ligand profiling in living cells

MT Gnatzy, TM Geiger, A Kuehn, N Gutfreund… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract FK506‐binding proteins (FKBPs) are promising targets for a variety of disorders and
infectious diseases. High FKBP occupancy is thought to be necessary for ligands to …