Allosteric regulation of kinase activity in living cells
eLife, 2023 The dysregulation of protein kinases is associated with multiple diseases due to the kinases' involvement in a variety of cell signaling pathways. Manipulating protein kinase function, by controlling the active site, is a promising therapeutic and ...
Shivani Sujay Godbole +1 more
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Identification of the Allosteric Regulatory Site of Insulysin
PLoS ONE, 2011 Insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) is responsible for the metabolism of insulin and plays a role in clearance of the Aβ peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease. Unlike most proteolytic enzymes, IDE, which consists of four structurally related domains and exists primarily as a dimer, exhibits allosteric kinetics, being activated by both small substrate ...
Nicholas Noinaj +7 more
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Dissecting a novel allosteric mechanism of cruzain: A computer-aided approach.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a neglected infection affecting millions of people in tropical regions. There are several chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of this disease, but most of them are highly toxic and ...
Lilian Hernández Alvarez +3 more
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Allosteric modulation of dextromethorphan binding sites
Neuropharmacology, 1987 The nonopioid antitussives dextromethorphan (DM), carbetapentane and caramiphen are efficacious anticonvulsant agents in the rat MES test. The findings presented strongly suggest the existence of a novel allosteric mechanism by which drugs acting at two different but interacting sites, exert their effects.
J M, Musacchio, M, Klein, L J, Santiago
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Effect Of Allosteric Site Binding On Smyd2 Conformational Ensemble [PDF]
, 2022 Molecular dynamics simulation allows for the simulation of proteins with precise control over what ligands are present at what sites. The conformational ensemble of a protein can be obtained from MD simulation with and without binding at an allosteric ...
Sobota, Jacob Daniel
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Mechanism of Allosteric Modulation of the Cys-loop Receptors
Pharmaceuticals, 2010 The cys-loop receptor family is a major family of neurotransmitter-operated ion channels. They play important roles in fast synaptic transmission, controlling neuronal excitability, and brain function.
Paul Whiteaker +2 more
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PASSer2.0: Accurate Prediction of Protein Allosteric Sites Through Automated Machine Learning
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 Allostery is a fundamental process in regulating protein activities. The discovery, design, and development of allosteric drugs demand better identification of allosteric sites.
Sian Xiao, Hao Tian, Peng Tao
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Dynamic extracellular vestibule of human SERT: unveiling druggable potential with novel high-affinity allosteric inhibitors [PDF]
, 2023 The serotonin transporter (SERT) tightly regulates synaptic serotonin levels and has been the primary target of antidepressants. Binding of inhibitors to the allosteric site of human SERT (hSERT) impedes the dissociation of antidepressants bound at the ...
Benny, Bang-Andersen +6 more
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Structurally similar allosteric modulators of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors exhibit five distinct pharmacological effects. [PDF]
, 2015 Activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) is associated with the binding of agonists such as acetylcholine to an extracellular site that is located at the interface between two adjacent receptor subunits.
Dhankher, P +4 more
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Engineering peptides into antibodies—opportunities and strategies for therapeutic innovation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Peptides and antibodies occupy complementary therapeutic niches. Peptides recognize difficult targets in a compact format, while antibodies add specificity, long half‐life, and effector functions. This review examines strategies that merge both modalities—peptide grafting into loops, terminal and Fc fusions, and bioconjugation—highlighting how ...
Jinling Wang +2 more
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