[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive survey of prospective structure-based virtual screening for early drug discovery in the past fifteen years

H Zhu, Y Zhang, W Li, N Huang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Structure-based virtual screening (SBVS), also known as molecular docking, has been
increasingly applied to discover small-molecule ligands based on the protein structures in …

Targeting SLC transporters: small molecules as modulators and therapeutic opportunities

A Schlessinger, N Zatorski, K Hutchinson… - Trends in Biochemical …, 2023 - cell.com
Solute carrier (SLCs) transporters mediate the transport of a broad range of solutes across
biological membranes. Dysregulation of SLCs has been associated with various …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the expansion of virtual screening libraries

J Lyu, JJ Irwin, BK Shoichet - Nature Chemical Biology, 2023 - nature.com
Recently,'tangible'virtual libraries have made billions of molecules readily available.
Prioritizing these molecules for synthesis and testing demands computational approaches …

The art and science of molecular docking

JM Paggi, A Pandit, RO Dror - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Molecular docking has become an essential part of a structural biologist's and medicinal
chemist's toolkits. Given a chemical compound and the three-dimensional structure of a …

Structural and functional annotation of solute carrier transporters: implication for drug discovery

V Dvorak, G Superti-Furga - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Solute carriers (SLCs) represent the largest group of membrane
transporters in the human genome. They play a central role in controlling the …

Large library docking for novel SARS‐CoV‐2 main protease non‐covalent and covalent inhibitors

EA Fink, C Bardine, S Gahbauer, I Singh… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antiviral therapeutics to treat SARS‐CoV‐2 are needed to diminish the morbidity of the
ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic. A well‐precedented drug target is the main viral protease …

Computational Chemistry in Structure-Based Solute Carrier Transporter Drug Design: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

G Tu, T Fu, G Zheng, B Xu, R Gou, D Luo… - Journal of chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Solute carrier transporters (SLCs) are a class of important transmembrane proteins that are
involved in the transportation of diverse solute ions and small molecules into cells. There are …

Dynamic extracellular vestibule of human SERT: Unveiling druggable potential with high-affinity allosteric inhibitors

K Salomon, AM Abramyan, P Plenge… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The serotonin transporter (SERT) tightly regulates synaptic serotonin levels and has been
the primary target of antidepressants. Binding of inhibitors to the allosteric site of human …

[HTML][HTML] Allosteric modulators of solute carrier function: a theoretical framework

D Boytsov, K Schicker, E Hellsberg… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale drug screening is currently the basis for the identification of new chemical
entities. This is a rather laborious approach, because a large number of compounds must be …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and Potential of In Silico Approaches for Psychedelic Chemistry

S Karabulut, H Kaur, JW Gauld - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Molecular-level investigations of the Central Nervous System have been revolutionized by
the development of computational methods, computing power, and capacity advances …