Use of molecular docking computational tools in drug discovery

F Stanzione, I Giangreco, JC Cole - Progress in medicinal chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Molecular docking has become an important component of the drug discovery process.
Since first being developed in the 1980s, advancements in the power of computer hardware …

Kinase inhibitors: the road ahead

FM Ferguson, NS Gray - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinase signalling pathways have been successfully targeted to inhibit
proliferation and angiogenesis for cancer therapy. However, kinase deregulation has been …

Protein and ligand preparation: parameters, protocols, and influence on virtual screening enrichments

G Madhavi Sastry, M Adzhigirey, T Day… - Journal of computer …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Structure-based virtual screening plays an important role in drug discovery and
complements other screening approaches. In general, protein crystal structures are …

Relative binding free energy calculations in drug discovery: recent advances and practical considerations

Z Cournia, B Allen, W Sherman - Journal of chemical information …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Accurate in silico prediction of protein–ligand binding affinities has been a primary objective
of structure-based drug design for decades due to the putative value it would bring to the …

Binding affinity via docking: fact and fiction

T Pantsar, A Poso - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
In 1982, Kuntz et al. published an article with the title “A Geometric Approach to
Macromolecule-Ligand Interactions”, where they described a method “to explore …

Structure-based virtual screening for drug discovery: principles, applications and recent advances

E Lionta, G Spyrou, DK Vassilatis… - Current topics in …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Structure-based drug discovery (SBDD) is becoming an essential tool in assisting fast and
cost-efficient lead discovery and optimization. The application of rational, structure-based …

A medicinal chemist's guide to molecular interactions

C Bissantz, B Kuhn, M Stahl - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Molecular recognition in biological systems relies on the existence of specific attractive
interactions between two partner molecules. Structure-based drug design seeks to identify …

Decision making in structure-based drug discovery: visual inspection of docking results

A Fischer, M Smiesko, M Sellner… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Molecular docking is a computational method widely used in drug discovery. Due to the
inherent inaccuracies of molecular docking, visual inspection of binding modes is a crucial …

Role of computer-aided drug design in modern drug discovery

SJY Macalino, V Gosu, S Hong, S Choi - Archives of pharmacal research, 2015 - Springer
Drug discovery utilizes chemical biology and computational drug design approaches for the
efficient identification and optimization of lead compounds. Chemical biology is mostly …

Regulation of protein-ligand binding affinity by hydrogen bond pairing

D Chen, N Oezguen, P Urvil, C Ferguson, SM Dann… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Hydrogen (H)-bonds potentiate diverse cellular functions by facilitating molecular
interactions. The mechanism and the extent to which H-bonds regulate molecular …