Essays about: "Fragment-based drug design"
Found 4 essays containing the words Fragment-based drug design.
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1. Biophysical characterization of and screening for binders and potentiator compounds that modulate the binding of PDZ domains to the C-terminal peptide motifs of target proteins
University essay from KTH/ProteinvetenskapAbstract : The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunctional hypothesis is believed to explain one of the contributing factors to schizophrenia. This hypothesis suggests the dysregulation of NMDAR, a protein responsible for receiving signals from the synapses between neurons, is the cause of some of the symptoms seen in schizophrenia. READ MORE
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2. Evaluation of Fragment-Based Virtual Screening by Applying Docking on Fragments obtained from Optimized Ligands
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för läkemedelskemiAbstract : Fragment-based virtual screening is an in-silico method that potentially identifies new startingpoints for drug molecules and provides an inexpensive and fast exploration of the relevantchemical space compared to its experimental counterpart. It focuses on docking small potentialbinding fragments to a binding pocket and is used to design improved binders by growing thefragments or joining fragments using suitable linkers. READ MORE
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3. Fragment-screening by X-ray crystallography of human vaccinia related kinase 1
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologiAbstract : Fragment-screening by X-ray crystallography (XFS) is an expensive and low throughput fragment drug discovery screening method, and it requires a lot of optimization for each protein target. The advantages with this screening method are that it is very sensitive, it directly gives the three-dimensional structure of the protein-fragment complexes, and false positives are rarely obtained. READ MORE
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4. Synthesis of Substituted Pyrrolidines
University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE)Abstract : The task of medicinal chemists in a drug discoveryproject is to synthesize/design analogues to the screening hits, simultaneouslyincreasing target potency and optimizing the pharmacological properties. This requires a wide selection of moleculesto be synthesized, where both synthetic feasibility and price of startingmaterials are of great importance. READ MORE
