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ArticleCommunications biology2023

Structural insights into selective small molecule activation of PKG1α.

Essam Metwally, Victor Mak, Aileen Soriano, Matthias Zebisch, H Leonardo Silvestre, Paul A McEwan, Grigori Ermakov, Maribel Beaumont, Paul Tawa, John J Barker and 8 more

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Article in Communications biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Targeting PKGIα CysScience advances · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Essam MetwallyModeling and Informatics, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA. essam.metwally@merck.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0008-7869
Victor MakDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Aileen SorianoQuantitative Biosciences, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Matthias ZebischEvotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RZ, UK.
H Leonardo SilvestreEvotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RZ, UK.
Paul A McEwanEvotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RZ, UK.
Grigori ErmakovDiscovery Bioanalytics, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Maribel BeaumontDiscovery Bioanalytics, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Paul TawaQuantitative Biosciences, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
John J BarkerEvotec (UK) Ltd, 114 Innovation Drive, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4RZ, UK.
Rose YenDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Akash PatelDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Yeon-Hee LimDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
David HealyDiscovery Biology, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA.
Jennifer HanisakDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Alan C ChengModeling and Informatics, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Tom GreshockDiscovery Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., 213 E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3313-9733
Thierry O FischmannProtein and Structural Chemistry, MRL, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. thierry.fischmann@merck.com.ORCID 0000-0003-3406-3061
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USEvotec (United Kingdom) · GBQuantitative BioSciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

cGMP-dependent protein kinase I-α (PKG1α) is a target for pulmonary arterial hypertension due to its role in the regulation of smooth muscle function. While most work has focused on regulation of cGMP turnover, we recently described several small molecule tool compounds which were capable of activating PKG1α via a cGMP independent pathway. Selected molecules were crystallized in the presence of PKG1α and were found to bind to an allosteric site proximal to the low-affinity nucleotide binding domain. These molecules act to displace the switch helix and cause activation of PKG1α representing a new mechanism for the activation and control of this critical therapeutic path. The described structures are vital to understanding the function and control of this key regulatory pathway.

Indexed as

Cyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type ICyclic GMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Type I

Identifiers

PMID37524852
PMCPMC10390508
OpenAlexW4385430052

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