Computational approaches streamlining drug discovery

AV Sadybekov, V Katritch - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Computer-aided drug discovery has been around for decades, although the past few years
have seen a tectonic shift towards embracing computational technologies in both academia …

G protein-coupled receptors: structure-and function-based drug discovery

D Yang, Q Zhou, V Labroska, S Qin… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
As one of the most successful therapeutic target families, G protein-coupled receptors
(GPCRs) have experienced a transformation from random ligand screening to knowledge …

Structure-based virtual screening for ligands of G protein–coupled receptors: what can molecular docking do for you?

F Ballante, AJ Kooistra, S Kampen, C de Graaf… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of membrane proteins in
the human genome and are important therapeutic targets. During the last decade, the …

Synthon-based ligand discovery in virtual libraries of over 11 billion compounds

AA Sadybekov, AV Sadybekov, Y Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Structure-based virtual ligand screening is emerging as a key paradigm for early
drug discovery owing to the availability of high-resolution target structures,,–and ultra-large …

Multi‐state modeling of G‐protein coupled receptors at experimental accuracy

L Heo, M Feig - Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The family of G‐protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) is one of the largest protein families in
the human genome. GPCRs transduct chemical signals from extracellular to intracellular …

Targeting cannabinoid receptors: current status and prospects of natural products

D An, S Peigneur, LA Hendrickx, J Tytgat - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cannabinoid receptors (CB1 and CB2), as part of the endocannabinoid system, play a
critical role in numerous human physiological and pathological conditions. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating structure-based approaches in generative molecular design

M Thomas, A Bender, C de Graaf - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Generative molecular design for drug discovery and development has seen a recent
resurgence promising to improve the efficiency of the design-make-test-analyse cycle; by …

Delineating the conformational landscape of the adenosine A2A receptor during G protein coupling

SK Huang, A Pandey, DP Tran, NL Villanueva, A Kitao… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) represent a ubiquitous membrane protein family and
are important drug targets. Their diverse signaling pathways are driven by complex …

Ligand recognition and G-protein coupling of trace amine receptor TAAR1

Z Xu, L Guo, J Yu, S Shen, C Wu, W Zhang, C Zhao… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Trace-amine-associated receptors (TAARs), a group of biogenic amine receptors, have
essential roles in neurological and metabolic homeostasis. They recognize diverse …

Structure determination of GPCRs: cryo-EM compared with X-ray crystallography

J García-Nafría, CG Tate - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest single family of cell surface receptors
encoded by the human genome and they play pivotal roles in co-ordinating cellular systems …