Along the allostery stream: Recent advances in computational methods for allosteric drug discovery

D Ni, Z Chai, Y Wang, M Li, Z Yu, Y Liu… - Wiley …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Allostery is a universal, biological phenomenon in which orthosteric sites are fine‐tuned by
topologically distal allosteric sites triggered by perturbations, such as ligand binding, residue …

Dual COX-2/15-LOX inhibitors: A new avenue in the prevention of cancer

A Aliabadi, E Khanniri, M Mahboubi-Rabbani… - European journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Dual cyclooxygenase 2/15-lipoxygenase inhibitors constitute a valuable alternative
to classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and selective COX-2 …

Discovery of cryptic allosteric sites using reversed allosteric communication by a combined computational and experimental strategy

D Ni, J Wei, X He, AU Rehman, X Li, Y Qiu, J Pu… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Allostery, which is one of the most direct and efficient methods to fine-tune protein functions,
has gained increasing recognition in drug discovery. However, there are several challenges …

Scutellarein alleviates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through inhibition of ferroptosis by chelating iron and interacting with arachidonate 15‐lipoxygenase

L Liu, Y Zhang, L Wang, Y Liu, H Chen… - Phytotherapy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroptosis, an iron‐dependent cell death characterized by lethal lipid peroxidation, is
involved in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) pathogenesis. Therefore …

Allosteric activation of 15‐lipoxygenase‐1 by boswellic acid induces the lipid mediator class switch to promote resolution of inflammation

F Börner, S Pace, PM Jordan, J Gerstmeier… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Specialized pro‐resolving mediators (SPM), primarily produced in innate immune cells,
exert crucial bioactions for resolving inflammation. Among various lipoxygenases (LOX), 15 …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting a cryptic allosteric site of SIRT6 with small-molecule inhibitors that inhibit the migration of pancreatic cancer cells

Q Zhang, Y Chen, D Ni, Z Huang, J Wei, L Feng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
SIRT6 belongs to the conserved NAD+-dependent deacetylase superfamily and mediates
multiple biological and pathological processes. Targeting SIRT6 by allosteric modulators …

Shifting the biosynthesis of leukotrienes toward specialized pro-resolving mediators by the 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein (FLAP) antagonist BRP-201

C Kretzer, PM Jordan, R Bilancia, A Rossi… - Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background and Purpose Lipid mediators (LM) play crucial roles in the complex
inflammation process with respect to initiation, maintenance, and resolution …

Allosteric type and pathways are governed by the forces of protein–ligand binding

Q Huang, P Song, Y Chen, Z Liu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Allostery is central to many cellular processes, by up-or down-regulating target function.
However, what determines the allosteric type remains elusive and currently it is impossible …

Oxidative stress in the male germline: A review of novel strategies to reduce 4-hydroxynonenal production

JLH Walters, GN De Iuliis, B Nixon, EG Bromfield - Antioxidants, 2018 - mdpi.com
Germline oxidative stress is intimately linked to several reproductive pathologies including a
failure of sperm-egg recognition. The lipid aldehyde 4-hydroxynonenal (4HNE) is …

Characterization of differential dynamics, specificity, and allostery of lipoxygenase family members

K Mikulska-Ruminska, I Shrivastava… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Accurate modeling of structural dynamics of proteins and their differentiation across different
species can help us understand generic mechanisms of function shared by family members …