Role of molecular dynamics and related methods in drug discovery

M De Vivo, M Masetti, G Bottegoni… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Molecular dynamics (MD) and related methods are close to becoming routine computational
tools for drug discovery. Their main advantage is in explicitly treating structural flexibility and …

Role of computational methods in going beyond X-ray crystallography to explore protein structure and dynamics

A Srivastava, T Nagai, A Srivastava… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Protein structural biology came a long way since the determination of the first three-
dimensional structure of myoglobin about six decades ago. Across this period, X-ray …

Polypharmacology prediction: the long road toward comprehensively anticipating small-molecule selectivity to de-risk drug discovery

L Manen-Freixa, AA Antolin - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Small molecules often bind to multiple targets, a behavior termed
polypharmacology. Anticipating polypharmacology is essential for drug discovery since …

Holo-like and druggable protein conformations from enhanced sampling of binding pocket volume and shape

A Basciu, G Malloci, F Pietrucci… - Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Understanding molecular recognition of small molecules by proteins in atomistic detail is key
for drug design. Molecular docking is a widely used computational method to mimic ligand …

No dance, no partner! A tale of receptor flexibility in docking and virtual screening

A Basciu, L Callea, S Motta, AMJJ Bonvin… - Annual Reports in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern drug design relies on a detailed understanding of the molecular recognition process
by which biological partners such as a protein and a drug interact and bind to each other …

In-silico screening and molecular dynamics simulation of quinazolinone derivatives as PARP1 and STAT3 dual inhibitors: a novel DML approaches

S Dilipkumar, V Karthik, S Dk… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Modern cancer therapy now routinely employs the blocking of many oncoproteins or
pathways. With two or more medicines, multiple inhibitions are often accomplished via DML …

Concepts and Molecular Aspects in the Polypharmacology of PARP‐1 Inhibitors

D Passeri, E Camaioni, P Liscio, P Sabbatini… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have witnessed a renewed interest in PARP‐1 inhibitors as promising
anticancer agents with multifaceted functions. Particularly exciting developments include the …

Computational structure‐based drug design: Predicting target flexibility

J Iglesias, S Saen‐oon, R Soliva… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The role of molecular modeling in drug design has experienced a significant revamp in the
last decade. The increase in computational resources and molecular models, along with …

Comparing pharmacophore models derived from crystal structures and from molecular dynamics simulations

M Wieder, U Perricone, T Seidel, S Boresch… - Monatshefte für Chemie …, 2016 - Springer
Pharmacophore modeling is a widely used technique in computer-aided drug discovery.
Structure-based pharmacophore models of a ligand in complex with a protein have proven …

Flow synthesis and biological activity of aryl sulfonamides as selective carbonic anhydrase IX and XII inhibitors

E Rosatelli, A Carotti, M Ceruso, CT Supuran… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2014 - Elsevier
A series of secondary and tertiary aryl sulfonamides were synthesized under flow conditions
and evaluated for their ability to selectively inhibit tumor-associated carbonic anhydrase …