Toward Rational Fragment-Based Lead Design without 3D Structures
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چکیده
Fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD) has become a prime component of the armamentarium of modern drug design programs. FBLD identifies low molecular weight ligands that weakly bind to important biological targets. Three-dimensional structural information about the binding mode is provided by X-ray crystallography or NMR spectroscopy and is subsequently used to improve the lead compounds. Despite tremendous success rates, FBLD relies on the availability of high-resolution structural information, still a bottleneck in drug discovery programs. To overcome these limitations, we recently demonstrated that the meta-structure approach provides an alternative route to rational lead identification in cases where no 3D structure information about the biological target is available. Combined with information-rich NMR data, this strategy provides valuable information for lead development programs. We demonstrate with several examples the feasibility of the combined NMR and meta-structure approach to devise a rational strategy for fragment evolution without resorting to highly resolved protein complex structures.
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