The future of EPAC-targeted therapies: agonism versus antagonism

E Parnell, TM Palmer, SJ Yarwood - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Pharmaceutical manipulation of cAMP levels exerts beneficial effects through the regulation
of the exchange protein activated by cAMP (EPAC) and protein kinase A (PKA) signalling …

Insights into exchange factor directly activated by cAMP (EPAC) as potential target for cancer treatment

N Kumar, P Prasad, E Jash, M Saini, A Husain… - Molecular and cellular …, 2018 - Springer
Cancer remains a global health problem and approximately 1.7 million new cancer cases
are diagnosed every year worldwide. Although diverse molecules are currently being …

A mechanism for the auto-inhibition of hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channel opening and its relief by cAMP

M Akimoto, Z Zhang, S Boulton, R Selvaratnam… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) ion channels control neuronal
and cardiac electrical rhythmicity. There are four homologous isoforms (HCN1–4) sharing a …

A tool set to map allosteric networks through the NMR chemical shift covariance analysis

S Boulton, M Akimoto, R Selvaratnam, A Bashiri… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Allostery is an essential regulatory mechanism of biological function. Allosteric sites are also
pharmacologically relevant as they are often targeted with higher selectivity than orthosteric …

Mechanism of selective enzyme inhibition through uncompetitive regulation of an allosteric agonist

S Boulton, R Selvaratnam, JP Blondeau… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Classical uncompetitive inhibitors are potent pharmacological modulators of enzyme
function. Since they selectively target enzyme–substrate complexes (E: S), their inhibitory …

Mechanism of cAMP Partial Agonism in Protein Kinase G (PKG)*♦

B VanSchouwen, R Selvaratnam, R Giri… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Protein kinase G (PKG) is a major receptor of cGMP and controls signaling pathways often
distinct from those regulated by cAMP. Hence, the selective activation of PKG by cGMP …

Structure–Activity Relationship Studies of Substituted 2-(Isoxazol-3-yl)-2-oxo-N′-phenyl-acetohydrazonoyl Cyanide Analogues: Identification of Potent Exchange …

N Ye, Y Zhu, H Chen, Z Liu, FC Mei… - Journal of medicinal …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (EPAC) as guanine nucleotide exchange
factors mediate the effects of the pivotal second messenger cAMP, thereby regulating a wide …

Mapping the free energy landscape of PKA inhibition and activation: A double-conformational selection model for the tandem cAMP-binding domains of PKA RIα

M Akimoto, ET McNicholl, A Ramkissoon… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Protein Kinase A (PKA) is the major receptor for the cyclic adenosine monophosphate
(cAMP) secondary messenger in eukaryotes. cAMP binds to two tandem cAMP-binding …

Allosteric coupling via distant disorder-to-order transitions

C Eginton, WJ Cressman, S Bachas, H Wade… - Journal of molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Intrinsic disorder provides a means of maximizing allosteric coupling in proteins. However,
the mechanisms by which the disorder functions in allostery remain to be elucidated. Small …

Measurement of state-specific association constants in allosteric sensors through molecular stapling and NMR

KJ Moleschi, M Akimoto, G Melacini - Journal of the American …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Allostery is a ubiquitous mechanism to control biological function and arises from the
coupling of inhibitory and binding equilibria. The extent of coupling reflects the inactive vs …