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ReviewTrends in pharmacological sciences2023

Targeting in silico GPCR conformations with ultra-large library screening for hit discovery.

D Sala, H Batebi, K Ledwitch, P W Hildebrand, J Meiler

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Review in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

D SalaInstitute of Drug Discovery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
H BatebiInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
K LedwitchCenter for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA.
P W HildebrandInstitute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
J MeilerInstitute of Drug Discovery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA. Electronic address: jens@meilerlab.org.
Leipzig University · DEVanderbilt University · US

Funding

Decrypting Variants of Uncertain Significance in Long-QT SyndromeR01HL122010 · NHLBI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GEORGE, ALFRED L., SANDERS, CHARLES R · 2014 to 2025
$15.5M
Membrane Protein Structure Elucidation from sparse NMR data (KAMP)R01GM080403 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2007 to 2019
$3.0M
Structural Determinants of Allosteric Modulation of Brain GPCRsR01DA046138 · NIDA · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2019 to 2023
$2.0M
Topological Energetics and the Cellular Quality Control of Integral Membrane ProteinsR01GM129261 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI SCHLEBACH, JONATHAN PATRICK · 2018 to 2022
$1.5M
High-Performance Computer Cluster for Biomedical ResearchS10OD023680 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI MEILER, JENS · 2017 to 2017
$587k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122010NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA046138NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080403NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129261NIH HHS S10 OD023680
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of deep machine learning (ML) in protein structure prediction has made it possible to easily access a large number of annotated conformations that can potentially compensate for missing experimental structures in structure-based drug discovery (SBDD). However, it is still unclear whether the accuracy of these predicted conformations is sufficient for screening chemical compounds that will effectively interact with a protein target for pharmacological purposes. In this opinion article, we examine the potential benefits and limitations of using state-annotated conformations for ultra-large library screening (ULLS) in light of the growing size of ultra-large libraries (ULLs). We believe that targeting different conformational states of common drug targets like G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which can regulate human physiology by switching between different conformations, can offer multiple advantages.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledHumansLigandsProtein ConformationLigandsReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAlphaFoldbiased ligandsdrug discoveryGPCRstructure-based drug discoveryultra-large library

Identifiers

PMID36669974
PMCPMC9974811
OpenAlexW4317387729

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