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Srivastava R. Computational Studies on Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) for Precision Oncology. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ruby Srivastava
- Bioinformatics CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CGCR+CC3 Uppal Rd, IICT Colony, Habsiguda Hyderabad Telangana 500007
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Dyrda-Terniuk T, Sugajski M, Pryshchepa O, Śliwiak J, Buszewska-Forajta M, Pomastowski P, Buszewski B. The Study of Protein-Cyclitol Interactions. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:2940. [PMID: 35328362 PMCID: PMC8952220 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23062940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Investigation of interactions between the target protein molecule and ligand allows for an understanding of the nature of the molecular recognition, functions, and biological activity of protein-ligand complexation. In the present work, non-specific interactions between a model protein (Bovine Serum Albumin) and four cyclitols were investigated. D-sorbitol and adonitol represent the group of linear-structure cyclitols, while shikimic acid and D-(-)-quinic acid have cyclic-structure molecules. Various analytical methods, including chromatographic analysis (HPLC-MS/MS), electrophoretic analysis (SDS-PAGE), spectroscopic analysis (spectrofluorimetry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy), and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), were applied for the description of protein-cyclitol interactions. Additionally, computational calculations were performed to predict the possible binding places. Kinetic studies allowed us to clarify interaction mechanisms that may take place during BSA and cyclitol interaction. The results allow us, among other things, to evaluate the impact of the cyclitol's structure on the character of its interactions with the protein.
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- Tetiana Dyrda-Terniuk
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (T.D.-T.); (M.S.); (O.P.); (B.B.)
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (T.D.-T.); (M.S.); (O.P.); (B.B.)
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (T.D.-T.); (M.S.); (O.P.); (B.B.)
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznań, Poland;
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland;
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- Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (T.D.-T.); (M.S.); (O.P.); (B.B.)
- Interdisciplinary Centre of Modern Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Binding site identification of G protein-coupled receptors through a 3D Zernike polynomials-based method: application to C. elegans olfactory receptors. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2022; 36:11-24. [PMID: 34977999 PMCID: PMC8831295 DOI: 10.1007/s10822-021-00434-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Studying the binding processes of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) proteins is of particular interest both to better understand the molecular mechanisms that regulate the signaling between the extracellular and intracellular environment and for drug design purposes. In this study, we propose a new computational approach for the identification of the binding site for a specific ligand on a GPCR. The method is based on the Zernike polynomials and performs the ligand-GPCR association through a shape complementarity analysis of the local molecular surfaces. The method is parameter-free and it can distinguish, working on hundreds of experimentally GPCR-ligand complexes, binding pockets from randomly sampled regions on the receptor surface, obtaining an Area Under ROC curve of 0.77. Given its importance both as a model organism and in terms of applications, we thus investigated the olfactory receptors of the C. elegans, building a list of associations between 21 GPCRs belonging to its olfactory neurons and a set of possible ligands. Thus, we can not only carry out rapid and efficient screenings of drugs proposed for GPCRs, key targets in many pathologies, but also we laid the groundwork for computational mutagenesis processes, aimed at increasing or decreasing the binding affinity between ligands and receptors.
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El Sayed DS, Abdelrehim ESM. Computational details of molecular structure, spectroscopic properties, topological studies and SARS-Cov-2 enzyme molecular docking simulation of substituted triazolo pyrimidine thione heterocycles. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 261:120006. [PMID: 34098482 PMCID: PMC8149157 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.120006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Investigation the molecular structure of the system requires a detailed experience in dealing with theoretical computational guides to highlight its important role. Molecular structure of three heterocyclic compounds 8,10-diphenylpyrido[3,2-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine-3(2H)-thione (HL), 8-phenyl-10-(p-tolyl)pyrido[3,2-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine-3(2H)-thione (CH3L) and10-(4-nitrophenyl)-8-phenylpyrido[3,2-e][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]pyrimidine-3(2H)-thione (NO2L) was studied at DFT/B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) level in ethanol solvent. Spectroscopic properties such Infrared (IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-VIS) analyses were computed. Some quantum and reactivity parameters (HOMO energy, LUMO energy, energy gap, ionization potential, electron affinity, chemical potential, global softness, lipophelicity) were studied, also molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) was performed to indicate the reactive nucleophilic and electrophilic sites. The effects of H-, CH3- and NO2- substituents on heterocyclic ligands were studied and it was found that the electron donation sites concerned with hydrogen and methyl substituents over nitro substituent. Topological analysis using reduced density gradient (RDG) was discussed in details. To predict the relevant antiviral activity of the reported heterocyclic compounds, molecular docking simulation was applied to the crystal structure of SARS-Cov-2 viral Mpro enzyme with 6WTT code and PLpro with 7JRN code. The enzymatic viral protein gives an image about the binding affinity between the target protein receptor and the heterocyclic ligands entitled. The hydrogen bonding interactions were evaluated from molecular docking with different strength for each ligand compound to discuss the efficiency of heterocyclic ligands toward viral inhibition.
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- Doaa S El Sayed
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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Candalija A, Scior T, Rackwitz HR, Ruiz-Castelan JE, Martinez-Laguna Y, Aguilera J. Interaction between a Novel Oligopeptide Fragment of the Human Neurotrophin Receptor TrkB Ectodomain D5 and the C-Terminal Fragment of Tetanus Neurotoxin. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26133988. [PMID: 34208805 PMCID: PMC8272241 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26133988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This article presents experimental evidence and computed molecular models of a potential interaction between receptor domain D5 of TrkB with the carboxyl-terminal domain of tetanus neurotoxin (Hc-TeNT). Computational simulations of a novel small cyclic oligopeptide are designed, synthesized, and tested for possible tetanus neurotoxin-D5 interaction. A hot spot of this protein-protein interaction is identified in analogy to the hitherto known crystal structures of the complex between neurotrophin and D5. Hc-TeNT activates the neurotrophin receptors, as well as its downstream signaling pathways, inducing neuroprotection in different stress cellular models. Based on these premises, we propose the Trk receptor family as potential proteic affinity receptors for TeNT. In vitro, Hc-TeNT binds to a synthetic TrkB-derived peptide and acts similar to an agonist ligand for TrkB, resulting in phosphorylation of the receptor. These properties are weakened by the mutagenesis of three residues of the predicted interaction region in Hc-TeNT. It also competes with Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, a native binder to human TrkB, for the binding to neural membranes, and for uptake in TrkB-positive vesicles. In addition, both molecules are located together in vivo at neuromuscular junctions and in motor neurons.
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- Ana Candalija
- Molecular Biology Department, Institut de Neruociènces and Biochemistry, Medicine Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.C.); (J.A.)
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- Faculty of Chemical Sciences, BUAP, Puebla 72000, Mexico; (J.E.R.-C.); (Y.M.-L.)
- Correspondence: or ; Tel.: +52-222-229-5500 (ext. 7529)
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- Peptide Specialities Laboratory, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Univerisity Campus, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
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- Molecular Biology Department, Institut de Neruociènces and Biochemistry, Medicine Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Barcelona, Spain; (A.C.); (J.A.)
- Center for Biomedical Research Network on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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Adetutu A, Olaniyi TD, Owoade OA. GC-MS analysis and in silico assessment of constituents of Psidium guajava leaf extract against DNA gyrase of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE UNLOCKED 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Terrazas-López M, Lobo-Galo N, Aguirre-Reyes LG, Bustos-Jaimes I, Marcos-Víquez JÁ, González-Segura L, Díaz-Sánchez ÁG. Interaction of N-succinyl diaminopimelate desuccinylase with orphenadrine and disulfiram. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gallotannins are uncompetitive inhibitors of pancreatic lipase activity. Biophys Chem 2020; 264:106409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ruvinsky AM, Aloni I, Cappel D, Higgs C, Marshall K, Rotkiewicz P, Repasky M, Feher VA, Feyfant E, Hessler G, Matter H. The Role of Bridging Water and Hydrogen Bonding as Key Determinants of Noncovalent Protein-Carbohydrate Recognition. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:2684-2693. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 120 West 45th Street New York NY 10036 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 10201 Wateridge Circle, Suite 220 San Diego CA 92121 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 101 SW Main Street Portland OR 97204 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 222 Third Street, Suite 2230 Cambridge MA 02142 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 101 SW Main Street Portland OR 97204 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 10201 Wateridge Circle, Suite 220 San Diego CA 92121 USA
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- Schrödinger, Inc.; 222 Third Street, Suite 2230 Cambridge MA 02142 USA
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- Sanofi-Aventis (Deutschland) GmbH; Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD), Synthetic Molecular Design, Building G838; Industriepark Höchst 65926 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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- Sanofi-Aventis (Deutschland) GmbH; Integrated Drug Discovery (IDD), Synthetic Molecular Design, Building G838; Industriepark Höchst 65926 Frankfurt am Main Germany
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Kaiser F, Bittrich S, Salentin S, Leberecht C, Haupt VJ, Krautwurst S, Schroeder M, Labudde D. Backbone Brackets and Arginine Tweezers delineate Class I and Class II aminoacyl tRNA synthetases. PLoS Comput Biol 2018; 14:e1006101. [PMID: 29659563 PMCID: PMC5919687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The origin of the machinery that realizes protein biosynthesis in all organisms is still unclear. One key component of this machinery are aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (aaRS), which ligate tRNAs to amino acids while consuming ATP. Sequence analyses revealed that these enzymes can be divided into two complementary classes. Both classes differ significantly on a sequence and structural level, feature different reaction mechanisms, and occur in diverse oligomerization states. The one unifying aspect of both classes is their function of binding ATP. We identified Backbone Brackets and Arginine Tweezers as most compact ATP binding motifs characteristic for each Class. Geometric analysis shows a structural rearrangement of the Backbone Brackets upon ATP binding, indicating a general mechanism of all Class I structures. Regarding the origin of aaRS, the Rodin-Ohno hypothesis states that the peculiar nature of the two aaRS classes is the result of their primordial forms, called Protozymes, being encoded on opposite strands of the same gene. Backbone Brackets and Arginine Tweezers were traced back to the proposed Protozymes and their more efficient successors, the Urzymes. Both structural motifs can be observed as pairs of residues in contemporary structures and it seems that the time of their addition, indicated by their placement in the ancient aaRS, coincides with the evolutionary trace of Proto- and Urzymes. Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases (aaRS) are primordial enzymes essential for interpretation and transfer of genetic information. Understanding the origin of the peculiarities observed with aaRS can explain what constituted the earliest life forms and how the genetic code was established. The increasing amount of experimentally determined three-dimensional structures of aaRS opens up new avenues for high-throughput analyses of molecular mechanisms. In this study, we present an exhaustive structural analysis of ATP binding motifs. We unveil an oppositional implementation of enzyme substrate binding in each aaRS Class. While Class I binds via interactions mediated by backbone hydrogen bonds, Class II uses a pair of arginine residues to establish salt bridges to its ATP ligand. We show how nature realized the binding of the same ligand species with completely different mechanisms. In addition, we demonstrate that sequence or even structure analysis for conserved residues may miss important functional aspects which can only be revealed by ligand interaction studies. Additionally, the placement of those key residues in the structure supports a popular hypothesis, which states that prototypic aaRS were once coded on complementary strands of the same gene.
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- Florian Kaiser
- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC), TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC), TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
- Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC), TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
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Zhang J, Ma Z, Kurgan L. Comprehensive review and empirical analysis of hallmarks of DNA-, RNA- and protein-binding residues in protein chains. Brief Bioinform 2017; 20:1250-1268. [DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbx168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2017] [Revised: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Proteins interact with a variety of molecules including proteins and nucleic acids. We review a comprehensive collection of over 50 studies that analyze and/or predict these interactions. While majority of these studies address either solely protein–DNA or protein–RNA binding, only a few have a wider scope that covers both protein–protein and protein–nucleic acid binding. Our analysis reveals that binding residues are typically characterized with three hallmarks: relative solvent accessibility (RSA), evolutionary conservation and propensity of amino acids (AAs) for binding. Motivated by drawbacks of the prior studies, we perform a large-scale analysis to quantify and contrast the three hallmarks for residues that bind DNA-, RNA-, protein- and (for the first time) multi-ligand-binding residues that interact with DNA and proteins, and with RNA and proteins. Results generated on a well-annotated data set of over 23 000 proteins show that conservation of binding residues is higher for nucleic acid- than protein-binding residues. Multi-ligand-binding residues are more conserved and have higher RSA than single-ligand-binding residues. We empirically show that each hallmark discriminates between binding and nonbinding residues, even predicted RSA, and that combining them improves discriminatory power for each of the five types of interactions. Linear scoring functions that combine these hallmarks offer good predictive performance of residue-level propensity for binding and provide intuitive interpretation of predictions. Better understanding of these residue-level interactions will facilitate development of methods that accurately predict binding in the exponentially growing databases of protein sequences.
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Brylinski M. Aromatic interactions at the ligand-protein interface: Implications for the development of docking scoring functions. Chem Biol Drug Des 2017; 91:380-390. [PMID: 28816025 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The ability to design and fine-tune non-covalent interactions between organic ligands and proteins is indispensable to rational drug development. Aromatic stacking has long been recognized as one of the key constituents of ligand-protein interfaces. In this communication, we employ a two-parameter geometric model to conduct a large-scale statistical analysis of aromatic contacts in the experimental and computer-generated structures of ligand-protein complexes, considering various combinations of aromatic amino acid residues and ligand rings. The geometry of interfacial π-π stacking in crystal structures accords with experimental and theoretical data collected for simple systems, such as the benzene dimer. Many contemporary ligand docking programs implicitly treat aromatic stacking with van der Waals and Coulombic potentials. Although this approach generally provides a sufficient specificity to model aromatic interactions, the geometry of π-π contacts in high-scoring docking conformations could still be improved. The comprehensive analysis of aromatic geometries at ligand-protein interfaces lies the foundation for the development of type-specific statistical potentials to more accurately describe aromatic interactions in molecular docking. A Perl script to detect and calculate the geometric parameters of aromatic interactions in ligand-protein complexes is available at https://github.com/michal-brylinski/earomatic. The dataset comprising experimental complex structures and computer-generated models is available at https://osf.io/rztha/.
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- Michal Brylinski
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.,Center for Computation & Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Carmali S, Murata H, Amemiya E, Matyjaszewski K, Russell AJ. Tertiary Structure-Based Prediction of How ATRP Initiators React with Proteins. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 3:2086-2097. [DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Sheiliza Carmali
- Center
for Polymer-Based Protein Engineering and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center
for Polymer-Based Protein Engineering and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center
for Polymer-Based Protein Engineering and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center
for Polymer-Based Protein Engineering and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center
for Polymer-Based Protein Engineering and ‡Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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Agarwal S, Tyagi G, Chadha D, Mehrotra R. Structural-conformational aspects of tRNA complexation with chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives: A molecular modeling and spectroscopic investigation. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 166:1-11. [PMID: 27838504 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Revised: 09/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives (CENUs) represent an important family of anticancer chemotherapeutic agents, which are used in the treatment of different types of cancer such as brain tumors, resistant or relapsed Hodgkin's disease, small cell lung cancer and malignant melanoma. This work focuses towards understanding the interaction of chloroethyl nitrosourea derivatives; lomustine, nimustine and semustine with tRNA using spectroscopic approach in order to elucidate their auxiliary anticancer action mechanism inside the cell. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy were employed to investigate the binding parameters of tRNA-CENUs complexation. Results of present study demonstrate that all CENUs, studied here, interact with tRNA through guanine nitrogenous base residues and possibly further crosslink cytosine residues in paired region of tRNA. Moreover, spectral data collected for nimustine-tRNA and semustine-tRNA complex formation indicates towards the groove-directed-alkylation as their anti-malignant action, which involves the participation of uracil moiety located in major groove of tRNA. Besides this, tRNA-CENUs adduct formation did not alter the native conformation of biopolymer and tRNA remains in A-form after its interaction with all three nitrosourea derivatives studied. The binding constants (Ka) estimated for tRNA complexation with lomustine, nimustine and semustine are 2.55×102M-1, 4.923×102M-1 and 4.223×102M-1 respectively, which specify weak type of CENU's binding with tRNA. Moreover, molecular modeling simulations were also performed to predict preferential binding orientation of CENUs with tRNA that corroborates well with spectral outcomes. The findings, presented here, recognize tRNA binding properties of CENUs that can further help in rational designing of more specific and efficient RNA targeted chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Shweta Agarwal
- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India
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- Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-National Physical Laboratory Campus, New Delhi 110012, India; Quantum Phenomena and Applications, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi 110012, India.
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Xu J, Yuan H, Ran T, Zhang Y, Liu H, Lu S, Xiong X, Xu A, Jiang Y, Lu T, Chen Y. A selectivity study of sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 2/sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter 1 inhibitors by molecular modeling. J Mol Recognit 2015; 28:467-79. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.2464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Jinxing Xu
- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine, Ministry of Health, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine; Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine; Wuxi 214063 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, School of Science; China Pharmaceutical University; 639 Longmian Avenue Nanjing 211198 China
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Salentin S, Haupt VJ, Daminelli S, Schroeder M. Polypharmacology rescored: protein-ligand interaction profiles for remote binding site similarity assessment. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 116:174-86. [PMID: 24923864 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Detection of remote binding site similarity in proteins plays an important role for drug repositioning and off-target effect prediction. Various non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonds and van-der-Waals forces drive ligands' molecular recognition by binding sites in proteins. The increasing amount of available structures of protein-small molecule complexes enabled the development of comparative approaches. Several methods have been developed to characterize and compare protein-ligand interaction patterns. Usually implemented as fingerprints, these are mainly used for post processing docking scores and (off-)target prediction. In the latter application, interaction profiles detect similarities in the bound interactions of different ligands and thus identify essential interactions between a protein and its small molecule ligands. Interaction pattern similarity correlates with binding site similarity and is thus contributing to a higher precision in binding site similarity assessment of proteins with distinct global structure. This renders it valuable for existing drug repositioning approaches in structural bioinformatics. Current methods to characterize and compare structure-based interaction patterns - both for protein-small-molecule and protein-protein interactions - as well as their potential in target prediction will be reviewed in this article. The question of how the set of interaction types, flexibility or water-mediated interactions, influence the comparison of interaction patterns will be discussed. Due to the wealth of protein-ligand structures available today, predicted targets can be ranked by comparing their ligand interaction pattern to patterns of the known target. Such knowledge-based methods offer high precision in comparison to methods comparing whole binding sites based on shape and amino acid physicochemical similarity.
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