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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Computational Studies towards the Identification of Novel Rhodopsin-Binding Compounds as Chemical Chaperones for Misfolded Opsins.

Gaia Pasqualetto, Martin Schepelmann, Carmine Varricchio, Elisa Pileggi, Caroline Khogali, Siân R Morgan, Ian Boostrom, Malgorzata Rozanowska, Andrea Brancale, Salvatore Ferla and 1 more

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gaia PasqualettoSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK.
Martin SchepelmannInstitute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Carmine VarricchioSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK.
Elisa PileggiSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK.
Caroline KhogaliSchool of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK.
Siân R MorganSchool of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4322-5763
Ian BoostromSchool of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK.
Malgorzata RozanowskaSchool of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK.
Andrea BrancaleSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3NB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9728-3419
Salvatore FerlaSwansea University Medical School, Institute of Life Sciences 2, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-9237
Marcella BassettoDepartment of Chemistry, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2491-5868
Cardiff University · GBSwansea University · GBMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

Academy of Medical Sciences SBF002\10090Welsh Government Sêr Cymru II programme
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulation of misfolded and mistrafficked rhodopsin on the endoplasmic reticulum of photoreceptor cells has a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of retinitis pigmentosa and a subset of Leber's congenital amaurosis. One potential strategy to reduce rhodopsin misfolding and aggregation in these conditions is to use opsin-binding compounds as chemical chaperones for opsin. Such molecules have previously shown the ability to aid rhodopsin folding and proper trafficking to the outer cell membranes of photoreceptors. As means to identify novel chemical chaperones for rhodopsin, a structure-based virtual screening of commercially available drug-like compounds (300,000) was performed on the main binding site of the visual pigment chromophore, the 11-

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Drug Evaluation, PreclinicalProtein FoldingBinding, CompetitiveModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationRhodopsinThermodynamicsRhodopsinmolecular dynamicsmolecular modellingrhodopsinsevere inherited eye diseasessmall-moleculesstructure-based virtual screening

Identifiers

PMID33114011
PMCPMC7660337
OpenAlexW3093803434

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