Key topics in molecular docking for drug design

PHM Torres, ACR Sodero, P Jofily… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Molecular docking has been widely employed as a fast and inexpensive technique in the
past decades, both in academic and industrial settings. Although this discipline has now had …

Concepts and core principles of fragment-based drug design

P Kirsch, AM Hartman, AKH Hirsch, M Empting - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this review, a general introduction to fragment-based drug design and the underlying
concepts is given. General considerations and methodologies ranging from library …

FDA-approved drugs with potent in vitro antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

A Mostafa, A Kandeil, Y AMM Elshaier, O Kutkat… - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Drug repositioning is an unconventional drug discovery approach to
explore new therapeutic benefits of existing drugs. Currently, it emerges as a rapid avenue …

Expanding medicinal chemistry into 3D space: Metallofragments as 3D scaffolds for fragment-based drug discovery

CN Morrison, KE Prosser, RW Stokes, A Cordes… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is a powerful strategy for the identification of new
bioactive molecules. FBDD relies on fragment libraries, generally of modest size, but of high …

AMDock: a versatile graphical tool for assisting molecular docking with Autodock Vina and Autodock4

MS Valdés-Tresanco, ME Valdés-Tresanco… - Biology direct, 2020 - Springer
Abstract AMDock (Assisted Molecular Docking) is a user-friendly graphical tool to assist in
the docking of protein-ligand complexes using Autodock Vina and AutoDock4, including the …

Setting expectations in molecular optimizations: Strengths and limitations of commonly used composite parameters

MD Shultz - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Over the past 15 years there have been extensive efforts to understand and reduce the high
attrition rates of drug candidates with an increased focus on physicochemical properties …

Structural analysis of chemokine receptor–ligand interactions

M Arimont, SL Sun, R Leurs, M Smit… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on the construction and application of structural chemokine receptor
models for the elucidation of molecular determinants of chemokine receptor modulation and …

Volatilome-based GWAS identifies OsWRKY19 and OsNAC021 as key regulators of rice aroma

Y Li, Y Miao, H Yuan, F Huang, M Sun, L He, X Liu… - Molecular Plant, 2024 - cell.com
Aromatic rice is globally favored for its distinctive scent, which not only increases its
nutritional value but also enhances its economic importance. However, apart from 2-acetyl-1 …

Discovery of andrographolide hit analog as a potent cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor through consensus MD-simulation, electrostatic potential energy simulation and …

P Jain, J Satija, C Sudandiradoss - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is the key enzyme responsible for the conversion of
arachidonic acid to prostaglandins that display pro-inflammatory properties and thus, it is a …

Target-based drug discovery, ADMET profiling and bioactivity studies of antibiotics as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro)

M Abdul-Hammed, IO Adedotun, VA Falade… - VirusDisease, 2021 - Springer
A recent outbreak of a new strain of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has become a global health
burden, which has resulted in deaths. No proven drug has been found to effectively cure this …