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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

Electrostatic Anchoring in RNA-Ligand Design─Dissecting the Effects of Positive Charges on Affinity, Selectivity, Binding Kinetics, and Thermodynamics.

Laura Almena Rodriguez, Elisabeth Kallert, Jan-Åke Husmann, Kirsten Schaubruch, Katherina I S Meisel, Marvin Schwickert, Sabrina N Hoba, Ralf Heermann, Christian Kersten

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2025. 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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  5. Eigenvalue Ratios Reveal Shared Binding Pocket Shapes in RNA and Protein Structures.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Laura Almena RodriguezInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-8602-9603
Elisabeth KallertInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Jan-Åke HusmannInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Kirsten SchaubruchInstitute of Molecular Physiology, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Hanns-DieterHüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Katherina I S MeiselInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-0934-0116
Marvin SchwickertInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Sabrina N HobaInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Ralf HeermannInstitute of Molecular Physiology, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Hanns-DieterHüsch-Weg 17, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0631-6156
Christian KerstenInstitute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Staudingerweg 5, 55128 Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9976-7639

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeting RNA with small molecules is an emerging field in medicinal chemistry. However, highly potent ligands are often challenging to achieve. One intuitive strategy to enhance ligand's potency is the implementation of positively charged moieties to interact with the negatively charged RNA phosphate backbone. We investigated the effect of such "electrostatic anchors" on binding affinity, kinetics, thermodynamics, and selectivity by MST, SPR, and ITC experiments, respectively, with the

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Drug DesignRNAAptamers, NucleotideKineticsLigandsRiboswitchStatic ElectricityThermodynamicsAptamers, NucleotideLigandsRiboswitchRNA

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PMID40191889
PMCPMC12035807

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