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Targeting protein dynamics in drug design
Journal of Cheminformatics volume 5, Article number: O1 (2013)
The dynamic nature of protein structures provides challenges and opportunities for ligand design. I will first discuss some of the different ways in which protein dynamics can be targeted, giving examples from our experience in the design of inhibitors of thymidylate synthase [1–3]. I will then describe the development of a computational toolbox (TRAPP: TRAnsient Pockets in Proteins) to identify and visualize transient pockets in proteins that may be exploited in ligand design.
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Wade, R.C. Targeting protein dynamics in drug design. J Cheminform 5 (Suppl 1), O1 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1758-2946-5-S1-O1
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Keywords
- Target Protein
- Dynamic Nature
- Drug Design
- Protein Dynamic
- Ligand Design