2013
Virtual screening reveals allosteric inhibitors of the Toxoplasma gondii thymidylate synthase–dihydrofolate reductase
Sharma H, Landau MJ, Sullivan TJ, Kumar VP, Dahlgren MK, Jorgensen WL, Anderson KS. Virtual screening reveals allosteric inhibitors of the Toxoplasma gondii thymidylate synthase–dihydrofolate reductase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2013, 24: 1232-1235. PMID: 24440298, PMCID: PMC3946055, DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductaseSynthase-dihydrofolate reductaseVirtual screeningSmall drug-like moleculesAllosteric inhibitorsDrug-like moleculesSpecies-specific inhibitorsNovel allosteric inhibitorsSuitable drug targetsTS domainParasite Toxoplasma gondiiAllosteric inhibitionDrug targetsTS activityReductaseToxoplasma gondiiInhibitorsCompoundsMoleculesEnzymeScreening
2012
Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
Dahlgren MK, Garcia AB, Hare AA, Tirado-Rives J, Leng L, Bucala R, Jorgensen WL. Virtual Screening and Optimization Yield Low-Nanomolar Inhibitors of the Tautomerase Activity of Plasmodium falciparum Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2012, 55: 10148-10159. PMID: 23067344, PMCID: PMC3509768, DOI: 10.1021/jm301269s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune responsePlasmodium falciparum macrophage migration inhibitory factorInhibitory factorMacrophage migration inhibitory factorTautomerase activityMacrophage migratory inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorHost immune responseMalaria infectionSmall molecule inhibitorsCytokine activityHuman MIFHuman cytokinesPlasmodium falciparum orthologuePfMIFInhibitorsLow nanomolar inhibitorsScreeningVirtual screeningCytokinesEnzymatic siteActivityInfection
2010
Discovery of Novel Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Kinase Inhibitors by Structure-Based Virtual Screening
Ravindranathan KP, Mandiyan V, Ekkati AR, Bae JH, Schlessinger J, Jorgensen WL. Discovery of Novel Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Kinase Inhibitors by Structure-Based Virtual Screening. Journal Of Medicinal Chemistry 2010, 53: 1662-1672. PMID: 20121196, PMCID: PMC2842983, DOI: 10.1021/jm901386e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFibroblast growth factorCo-crystal structureKinase structureFGFR1 kinaseSearch of inhibitorsEmbryonic developmentProtein structureAlternative conformationsCell proliferationStructural motifsKinase inhibitorsGrowth factorNew structural motifDiverse compoundsVirtual screeningFGFR1InhibitorsDockingWound healingThienopyrimidinone derivativesImportant roleConformationKinaseProteinMotif
2009
Discovery of Wild-Type and Y181C Mutant Non-nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Using Virtual Screening with Multiple Protein Structures
Nichols SE, Domaoal RA, Thakur VV, Tirado-Rives J, Anderson KS, Jorgensen WL. Discovery of Wild-Type and Y181C Mutant Non-nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Using Virtual Screening with Multiple Protein Structures. Journal Of Chemical Information And Modeling 2009, 49: 1272-1279. PMID: 19374380, PMCID: PMC2817966, DOI: 10.1021/ci900068k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitorReverse transcriptase inhibitorHIV-1 reverse transcriptaseHIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase InhibitorsTranscriptase inhibitorHIV-1RT mutationsNon-nucleoside inhibitorsAntiviral activityHIV agentsWild-type virusResistance profilesWT virusReverse transcriptaseInhibitorsScreeningVirtual screening