[HTML][HTML] Chalcone derivatives: promising starting points for drug design

MN Gomes, EN Muratov, M Pereira, JC Peixoto… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Medicinal chemists continue to be fascinated by chalcone derivatives because of their
simple chemistry, ease of hydrogen atom manipulation, straightforward synthesis, and a …

Inside HDACs with more selective HDAC inhibitors

J Roche, P Bertrand - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Inhibitors of histone deacetylases (HDACs) are nowadays part of the therapeutic arsenal
mainly against cancers, with four compounds approved by the Food and Drug …

Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers

F Fiorentini, WT Diment, AC Deacy, RWF Kerr… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the chemistry underpinning intermetallic synergy and the discovery of
generally applicable structure-performances relationships are major challenges in catalysis …

Electric fields in catalysis: From enzymes to molecular catalysts

NG Léonard, R Dhaoui, T Chantarojsiri, JY Yang - ACS catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electric fields underlie all reactions and impact reactivity by interacting with the dipoles and
net charges of transition states, products, and reactants to modify the free energy landscape …

Multiscale modeling of enzymes: QM‐cluster, QM/MM, and QM/MM/MD: a tutorial review

S Ahmadi, L Barrios Herrera… - … Journal of Quantum …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Exemplars of the state of the art in modeling enzymes are reviewed through a selection of
works from leading schools using QM‐only cluster models, QM/MM models and QM/MM/MD …

Intrinsic structural dynamics dictate enzymatic activity and inhibition

VK Shukla, L Siemons, DF Hansen - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - pnas.org
Enzymes are known to sample various conformations, many of which are critical for their
biological function. However, structural characterizations of enzymes predominantly focus …

Insights into the mechanistic basis of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance from crystal structures of the catalytic domain of MCR-1

P Hinchliffe, QE Yang, E Portal, T Young, H Li… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The polymixin colistin is a “last line” antibiotic against extensively-resistant Gram-negative
bacteria. Recently, the mcr-1 gene was identified as a plasmid-mediated resistance …

Targeting histone deacetylase 8 as a therapeutic approach to cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

A Chakrabarti, J Melesina, FR Kolbinger… - Future medicinal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8), a unique class I zinc-dependent HDAC, is an emerging
target in cancer and other diseases. Its substrate repertoire extends beyond histones to …

The histone deacetylase family: structural features and application of combined computational methods

A Curcio, R Rocca, S Alcaro, A Artese - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are crucial in gene transcription, removing acetyl groups
from histones. They also influence the deacetylation of non-histone proteins, contributing to …

A model for the pH-dependent selectivity of the oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyzed by N-doped graphitic carbon

BW Noffke, Q Li, K Raghavachari… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon materials have been extensively studied as potential
replacements for Pt-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) …