FKBP ligands—where we are and where to go?

JM Kolos, AM Voll, M Bauder, F Hausch - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
In recent years, many members of the FK506-binding protein (FKBP) family were
increasingly linked to various diseases. The binding domain of FKBPs differs only in a few …

[HTML][HTML] The FKBP51 glucocorticoid receptor co-chaperone: regulation, function, and implications in health and disease

GR Fries, NC Gassen, T Rein - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
Among the chaperones and co-chaperones regulating the glucocorticoid receptor (GR),
FK506 binding protein (FKBP) 51 is the most intensely investigated across different …

Effect of mutations on binding of ligands to guanine riboswitch probed by free energy perturbation and molecular dynamics simulations

J Chen, X Wang, L Pang, JZH Zhang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Riboswitches can regulate gene expression by direct and specific interactions with ligands
and have recently attracted interest as potential drug targets for antibacterial. In this work …

Binding selectivity-dependent molecular mechanism of inhibitors towards CDK2 and CDK6 investigated by multiple short molecular dynamics and free energy …

L Wang, D Lu, Y Wang, X Xu, P Zhong… - Journal of Enzyme …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Understanding selectivity-dependent molecular mechanism of inhibitors towards CDK2 over
CDK6 is prominent for improving drug design towards the CDK family. Multiple short …

Molecular mechanism of binding selectivity of inhibitors toward BACE1 and BACE2 revealed by multiple short molecular dynamics simulations and free-energy …

J Chen, J Wang, B Yin, L Pang, W Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
The β-amyloid cleaving enzymes 1 and 2 (BACE1 and BACE2) have been regarded as the
prospective targets for clinically treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the last two decades …

Interactions of Co, Cu, and non-metal phthalocyanines with external structures of SARS-CoV-2 using docking and molecular dynamics

WLM Alencar, T da Silva Arouche, AFG Neto… - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
The new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, caused the COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by its
high rate of contamination, propagation capacity, and lethality rate. In this work, we …

Molecular mechanism with regard to the binding selectivity of inhibitors toward FABP5 and FABP7 explored by multiple short molecular dynamics simulations and free …

J Chen, X Liu, S Zhang, J Chen, H Sun… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Recently, fatty acid binding proteins 5 and 7 (FABP5 and FABP7) have been regarded as
the prospective targets for clinically treating multiple diseases related to FABPs. In this work …

Insight into the selective binding mechanism of DNMT1 and DNMT3A inhibitors: a molecular simulation study

T **e, J Yu, W Fu, Z Wang, L Xu, S Chang… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), responsible for the regulation of DNA methylation, have
been regarded as promising drug targets for cancer therapy. However, high structural …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics exploration of selectivity of dual inhibitors 5M7, 65X, and 65Z toward fatty acid binding proteins 4 and 5

F Yan, X Liu, S Zhang, J Su, Q Zhang… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Designing highly selective inhibitors of fatty acid binding proteins 4 and 5 (FABP4 and
FABP5) is of importance for treatment of some diseases related with inflammation …

Decoding molecular mechanism of inhibitor bindings to CDK2 using molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy calculations

J Chen, L Pang, W Wang, L Wang… - Journal of …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
CDK2 can be used as an attractive target for development of efficient inhibitors curing
multiple disease relating with CDK2. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and …