Multifaceted Roles of Crystallography in Modern Drug Discovery

The present work offers a snapshot of the state-of-the-art of crystallographic, analytical, and computational methods used in modern drug design and development. Topics discussed include: drug design against complex systems (membrane proteins, cell surface receptors, epigenetic targets, and ribosome...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Scapin, Giovanna (Editor), Patel, Disha (Editor), Arnold, Eddy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology,
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Contributors
  • Engineering G Protein-Coupled Receptors for Drug Design
  • Structural Insights into Activation and Allosteric Modulation of G Protein-Coupled Receptors
  • Epigenetic Drug Discovery
  • Crystallography and Biopharmaceuticals
  • Structural Chemistry and Molecular Modeling in the Design of DPP4 Inhibitors
  • Considerations for Structure-Based Drug Design Targeting HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase.-Protein-Ligand Interactions as the Basis for Drug Action
  • The Protein Data Bank: Overview and Tools for Drug Discovery
  • Small Molecule Crystal Structures in Drug Discovery
  • Protein Aggregation and its Prediction
  • Importance of Protonation States for the Binding of Ligands to Pharmaceutical Targets
  • Protein-Protein Interactions: Structures and Druggability
  • Achieving High Quality Ligand Chemistry in Protein-Ligand Crystal Structures for Drug Design
  • Molecular Obesity, Potency and Other Addictions in Drug Discovery
  • Adventures in Small Molecule Fragment Screening by X-ray Crystallography for Drug Discovery
  • Structure-Based Drug Design to Perturb Function of a tRNA-Modifying Enzyme by Active Site and Protein-Protein Interface Inhibition
  • Molecular Interaction Analysis for Discovery of Drugs Targeting Enzymes and for Resolving Biological Function.