Recent trends and future prospects in computational GPCR drug discovery: from virtual screening to polypharmacology

A Carrieri, VI Perez-Nueno, G Lentini… - Current topics in …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Extending virtual screening approaches to deal with multi-target drug design and
polypharmacology is an increasingly important aspect in drug design. In light of this, the …

Docking-based comparative intermolecular contacts analysis as new 3-D QSAR concept for validating docking studies and in silico screening: NMT and GP inhibitors …

MO Taha, M Habash, Z Al-Hadidi… - Journal of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The significant role played by docking algorithms in drug discovery combined with their
serious pitfalls prompted us to envisage a novel concept for validating docking solutions …

The use of docking-based comparative intermolecular contacts analysis to identify optimal docking conditions within glucokinase and to discover of new GK activators

MO Taha, M Habash, MA Khanfar - Journal of computer-aided molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Glucokinase (GK) is involved in normal glucose homeostasis and therefore it is a valid target
for drug design and discovery efforts. GK activators (GKAs) have excellent potential as …

Application of docking-based comparative intermolecular contacts analysis to validate Hsp90α docking studies and subsequent in silico screening for inhibitors

MA Al-Sha'er, MO Taha - Journal of molecular modeling, 2012 - Springer
Heat shock protein (Hsp90α) has been recently implicated in cancer, prompting several
attempts to discover and optimize new Hsp90α inhibitors. Towards this end, we docked 83 …

Combining docking-based comparative intermolecular contacts analysis and k-nearest neighbor correlation for the discovery of new check point kinase 1 inhibitors

NJ Jaradat, MA Khanfar, M Habash… - Journal of computer-aided …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Check point kinase 1 (Chk1) is an important protein in G2 phase checkpoint arrest
required by cancer cells to maintain cell cycle and to prevent cell death. Therefore, Chk1 …

Discovery of novel Flt3 inhibitory chemotypes through extensive ligand-based and new structure-based pharmacophore modelling methods

RF Abutayeh, MO Taha - Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
Flt3 is an oncogenic kinase involved in different types of leukemia. It is most prominently
associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Flt3-specific inhibitors have shown …

Elaborate ligand-based modeling and subsequent synthetic exploration unveil new nanomolar Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II inhibitory leads

R Shahin, MO Taha - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been recently implicated in
cardiovascular diseases and hypertension prompting several attempts to discover and …

Ligand-based modelling followed by synthetic exploration unveil novel glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory leads

M Habash, MO Taha - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Glycogen phosphorylase (GP) is a valid anti-diabetic target. Accordingly, we applied a drug
discovery workflow to unveil novel inhibitory GP leads via combining pharmacophore …

Homology modeling of human kynurenine aminotransferase III and observations on inhibitor binding using molecular docking

A Nematollahi, WB Church, NA Nadvi… - … System Agents in …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) isozymes are responsible for catalyzing the conversion
of kynurenine (KYN) to kynurenic acid (KYNA), which is considered to play a key role in …

[HTML][HTML] Profiling the Interaction Mechanism of Quinoline/Quinazoline Derivatives as MCHR1 Antagonists: An in Silico Method

M Wu, Y Li, X Fu, J Wang, S Zhang, L Yang - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Melanin concentrating hormone receptor 1 (MCHR1), a crucial regulator of energy
homeostasis involved in the control of feeding and energy metabolism, is a promising target …