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ArticleVirus research2016

Computational predictions suggest that structural similarity in viral polymerases may lead to comparable allosteric binding sites.

Jodian A Brown, Marie V Espiritu, Joel Abraham, Ian F Thorpe

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Article in Virus research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jodian A BrownDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Marie V EspirituDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Joel AbrahamDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Ian F ThorpeDepartment of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Electronic address: ithorpe@umbc.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County · US

Funding

Understanding the Molecular Origin of Synergistic Inhibition in the Hepatitis C VF31GM106958 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI BROWN, JODIAN · 2013 to 2015
$105k
NIGMS NIH HHS F31 GM106958
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of ligand-binding sites is often the first step in drug targeting and design. To date there are numerous computational tools available to predict ligand binding sites. These tools can guide or mitigate the need for experimental methods to identify binding sites, which often require significant resources and time. Here, we evaluate four ligand-binding site predictor (LBSP) tools for their ability to predict allosteric sites within the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) polymerase. Our results show that the LISE LBSP is able to identify all three target allosteric sites within the HCV polymerase as well as a known allosteric site in the Coxsackievirus polymerase. LISE was then employed to identify novel binding sites within the polymerases of the Dengue, West Nile, and Foot-and-mouth Disease viruses. Our results suggest that all three viral polymerases have putative sites that share structural or chemical similarities with allosteric pockets of the HCV polymerase. Thus, these binding locations may represent an evolutionarily conserved structural feature of several viral polymerases that could be exploited for the development of small molecule therapeutics.

Indexed as

Allosteric SiteBinding SitesModels, MolecularProtein ConformationComputer SimulationDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesFoot-and-Mouth Disease VirusHepacivirusStructure-Activity RelationshipViral ProteinsWest Nile virusDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesViral ProteinsAllosteric inhibitionAllosteric siteLigand binding site predictorViral polymerase

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PMID27262620
PMCPMC4969206
OpenAlexW2412843369

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