Merging ligand-based and structure-based methods in drug discovery: an overview of combined virtual screening approaches

J Vázquez, M López, E Gibert, E Herrero, FJ Luque - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Virtual screening (VS) is an outstanding cornerstone in the drug discovery pipeline. A variety
of computational approaches, which are generally classified as ligand-based (LB) and …

Halogens in protein–ligand binding mechanism: a structural perspective

NK Shinada, AG de Brevern… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Halogen atoms have been at the center of many rational medicinal chemistry applications in
drug design. While fluorine and chlorine atoms are often added to enhance physicochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular modeling of histamine receptors—recent advances in drug discovery

P Mehta, P Miszta, S Filipek - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent developments of fast reliable docking, virtual screening and other algorithms
gave rise to discovery of many novel ligands of histamine receptors that could be used for …

Structure-based design of potent and selective ligands at the four adenosine receptors

W Jespers, A Oliveira, R Prieto-Díaz, M Majellaro… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The four receptors that signal for adenosine, A1, A2A, A2B and A3 ARs, belong to the
superfamily of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). They mediate a number of (patho) …

Recent advances in automated protein design and its future challenges

D Setiawan, J Brender, Y Zhang - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Protein function is determined by protein structure which is in turn determined
by the corresponding protein sequence. If the rules that cause a protein to adopt a particular …

Quantitative prediction of selectivity between the A1 and A2A adenosine receptors

L Burggraaff, HWT van Vlijmen, AP IJzerman… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
The development of drugs is often hampered due to off-target interactions leading to
adverse effects. Therefore, computational methods to assess the selectivity of ligands are of …

[HTML][HTML] Docking-generated multiple ligand poses for bootstrap** bioactivity classifying Machine Learning: Repurposing covalent inhibitors for COVID-19-related …

MH Ma'mon, O Abuyaman, M Taha - Computational and Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the present work we introduce the use of multiple docked poses for bootstrap**
machine learning-based QSAR modelling. Ligand-receptor contact fingerprints are …

Influence of the Structural Accuracy of Homology Models on Their Applicability to Docking-Based Virtual Screening: The β2 Adrenergic Receptor as a Case Study

S Costanzi, A Cohen, A Danfora… - Journal of chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
How accurate do structures of the β2 adrenergic receptor (β2AR) need to be to effectively
serve as platforms for docking-based virtual screening campaigns? To answer this research …

Successive statistical and structure-based modeling to identify chemically novel kinase inhibitors

L Burggraaff, EB Lenselink, W Jespers… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Kinases are frequently studied in the context of anticancer drugs. Their involvement in cell
responses, such as proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, makes them interesting …

Improving virtual screening of G protein-coupled receptors via ligand-directed modeling

T Coudrat, J Simms, A Christopoulos… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play crucial roles in cell physiology and
pathophysiology. There is increasing interest in using structural information for virtual …