scholarly journals Molecular Docking Simulation of Small Diverse Chemical Molecules Based Virtual Screening for Treatment of Tuberculosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (12) ◽  
pp. 2617-2621
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rizwan Khan ◽  
Love Kumar Soni
MedChemComm ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Zhou ◽  
Shiliang Li ◽  
Weiqiang Lu ◽  
Jun Yuan ◽  
Yufang Xu ◽  
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The present study reports a series of novel potent RSK2 inhibitors obtained from structure modifications of a virtual screening hit.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1086-1091

Diphtheria is an infectious human disorder affecting upper respiratory tract which is characterized by fever, sore throat, and malaise. It is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheria and other pathogenic strains of Corynebacterium. The pathogen invades in the nasopharynx and infects the host by releasing an exotoxin leading to the severe concerns in thekidneys, nervous system and cardiac muscles. Sometimes diphtheria infections may be fatal because of the circulatory failure caused by myocarditis.Hemeoxygenase is the rate limiting enzyme in heme degradation and catalyzes the NADPHcytochrome P450 reductase-dependent cleavage of heme to biliverdin with the release of iron and carbon monoxide. In the present paper we have performed molecular docking simulation based in-silico virtual screening of an NCI diversity set-II containing 1593 diverse ligands to identify potential inhibitor of the Heme oxidase enzyme of Corneybacterium diphtheria. The lead molecules are shortlisted on the basis of their binding energy and these molecules are supposed to be further evaluated experimentally for development of a newer therapy for the treatment of diphtheria.


Author(s):  
M. Sathish Kumar ◽  
M. Vijey Aanandhi

The fused pyrimidine derivatives are potent tyrosine kinase and thymidylate synthase inhibitors. The compound 3-(4-sulphonyl amino)-2-methyl thio-6-phenyl azo-5, 7-dimethyl pyrido(2,3-d)pyrimidin-4-one was synthesized from Ethyl 2-amino-4,6-dimethylpyridine-3-carboxylate, benzene diazonium chloride, benzene sulphonyl amino isothiocyanate in subsequent reactions. 1-(1, 3-benzothiazol-2-yl)-3-methyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines were synthesized from 1, 3-benzothiazole, 2-thiol, Hydrazine Hydrate, 2-hydrazinyl-1, 3-benzothiazole and aldehydes in subsequent reactions. Twenty-five derivatives pyrimidine scaffolds were designed and performed molecular docking studies for the ability to inhibit the target protein using molecular docking simulation, selective compounds were synthesized and characterized by spectral methods. All the synthesized compounds evaluated for their antioxidant activity and MTT assay exhibited compounds 13c, 13e and 14d can be potential anticancer candidates against MCF-7, Hep G2 and Hela cell lines respectively. Based on all the studies conclude that good agreement was observed between the top-ranked docking scores and top experimental inhibitors when compared with standards ascorbic acid and imatinib. Hence, the compounds could be considered as new anticancer hits for further lead optimization.


2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqin Liu ◽  
Yuanjiang Pan ◽  
Yuhong Xu

Integrins play critical roles in the process of angiogenesis and are attractive targets for anticancer therapies. It is desirable to develop new types of small-molecule inhibitors of integrin. Herein, the binding features of several inhibitors to integrin αvβ3 have been studied by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensor technology and molecular docking analyses. The SPR results indicated that the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) values are evaluated for the inhibitors and showed that the KD value of cyclopeptide c-Lys is much lower than the reference molecule. In addition, the 3D structural model of integrin αvβ3 was generated according to the crystal structure of the integrin αvβ3 complex, and the molecular docking simulation analyses revealed that the predicted binding sites for the most active cyclopeptide c-Lys were consistent with the reported structure. These results thus implied that cyclopeptide c-Lys could be developed as a novel inhibitor for integrin αvβ3. The current work has potential for application in structure-based integrin αvβ3 inhibitor discovery.


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