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FASTDock: A Pipeline for Allosteric Drug Discovery [PDF]

, 2023
Allostery is involved in innumerable biological processes and plays a fundamental role in human disease. Thus, exploration of allosteric modulation is crucial for research on biological mechanisms and in the development of novel therapeutics. Development
Charles, Brooks, Furyal, Ahmed
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NAPRT loss promotes lung tumor initiation and growth through AKT signaling independently of NAD+ biosynthesis

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Loss of NAPRT promotes lung tumor initiation and growth through a noncanonical mechanism, independent of its role in NAD+ biosynthesis. Mechanistically, NAPRT depletion activates the mTORC2‐driven AKT/β‐catenin signaling axis to enhance clonogenic and invasive phenotypes. Furthermore, lung‐specific Naprt deletion significantly increases tumor burden in
Myung Joon Oh, Ji Yun Jang, Yoon Jeon, Gi‐Cheon Kim, Hwanho Lee, Jooyoung Lee, Ju‐Hwa Kim, Hakhyun Kim, Minjee Kim, Ho‐Keun Kwon, Ho Lee, Hyun Seok Kim   +11 more
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Potential allosteric modulators of the proteasome activity [PDF]

Biopolymers, 2010
AbstractProteasome, consisting of a tube‐shaped proteolytic core particle and attached to it regulatory modules, is a multifunctional enzymatic complex essential for the ubiquitin‐proteasome metabolic pathway. Due to its immense involvement in regulation of cellular physiology, the proteasome is an acknowledged anticancer drug target and potential ...
Elżbieta Jankowska, Gaczyńska, M., Osmulski, P., Emilia Sikorska, Rafał Rostankowski, Madabhushi, S., Tokmina-Łukaszewska, M., Franciszek Kasprzykowski   +7 more
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Paclitaxel induces NM2‐dependent cellular contraction through GEF‐H1 dissociation from microtubules and RhoA/ROCK activation in cancer cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Taxanes are widely used chemotherapeutics whose effects on cellular mechanics remain poorly understood. We show that paclitaxel induces rapid cellular contraction by promoting GEF‐H1 dissociation from microtubules and non‐muscle myosin II activation through RhoA/ROCK.
Gloria Asensio‐Juárez, Rafael Pérez‐Díaz, Hugo Ramos‐Solano, Marina Garrido‐Casado, Vanessa C. Talayero, Miguel Vicente‐Manzanares   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Heterotropic regulation and negative homotropic cooperativity

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We identified a structural module common to some proteins that couple negative cooperativity with heterotropic regulation, two features that rarely coexist. These proteins are ring‐like and present an ordered asymmetry whereby noncontacting subunits are symmetric, and their tertiary structure differs from that of contacting subunits.
Veronica Morea, Francesco Angelucci, Federica Arnesano, Gianmarco Pascarella, Patrizio Di Micco, Andrea Bellelli   +5 more
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Allosteric modulation of DNA by small molecules [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
Many human diseases are caused by dysregulated gene expression. The oversupply of transcription factors may be required for the growth and metastatic behavior of human cancers. Cell permeable small molecules that can be programmed to disrupt transcription factor-DNA interfaces could silence aberrant gene expression pathways ...
Chenoweth, David M., Dervan, Peter B.
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The C‐terminal truncated splicing variant of NK1R negatively modulates substance P‐stimulated NK1R signaling

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The neurokinin 1 receptor exists as full‐length (NK1L) and C‐terminally truncated (NK1S) splice variants. We show that NK1S heterodimerizes with NK1L, impairing Gαq coupling and Ca2+ mobilization while enhancing β‐arrestin1 recruitment. NK1S suppresses substance P‐driven gene expression and cell migration, revealing NK1S as an endogenous biased ...
Lan Phuong Nguyen, Duc Trung Nguyen, Minyoung Cho, Jihun Kim, Soyeon In, Thai Uy Nguyen, Sunghoon Hurh, Beom Jin Park, Jong‐Ik Hwang   +8 more
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Genetic dissection of human ABCE1 in yeast reveals separable requirements for ribosome recycling and suppression of aberrant reinitiation

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Human ABCE1 cannot functionally replace its yeast ortholog. Yeast–human chimera analysis identified NBD1 as a major interspecies barrier. Genetic screening yielded hABCE1 revertants that rescue yeast viability but fail to suppress aberrant translation reinitiation in the 3′ UTR.
Eriko Nakata, Yuxin Li, Kei Endo, Koichi Ito   +3 more
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A Silent Allosteric Modulator

Molecular Medicine Communications, 2022
Deterioration in cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients is associated with microglia-mediated synaptic destruction. Using AD mouse models Spurrier and colleagues discerned the function of the metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) on synaptic loss and demonstrated that a silent allosteric modulator (SAM) of mGLuR5 when given ...
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Biased agonism and allosteric modulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 [PDF]

, 2018
Metabotropic glutamate receptors belong to class C G-protein-coupled receptors and consist of eight subtypes that are ubiquitously expressed throughout the central nervous system. In recent years, the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGlu5) has
Leach, Katie, Gregory, Karen J., May, Lauren T., Trinh, Phuc N.H.   +3 more
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