Search Results - "Kormos, Bethany L"
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Discovery and Preclinical Profiling of 3‑[4-(Morpholin-4-yl)‑7H‑pyrrolo[2,3‑d]pyrimidin-5-yl]benzonitrile (PF-06447475), a Highly Potent, Selective, Brain Penetrant, and in Vivo Active LRRK2 Kinase Inhibitor
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (08-01-2015)“…Leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been genetically linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD) by genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The most common LRRK2…”
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An inverse agonist of orphan receptor GPR61 acts by a G protein-competitive allosteric mechanism
Published in Nature communications (23-09-2023)“…GPR61 is an orphan GPCR related to biogenic amine receptors. Its association with phenotypes relating to appetite makes it of interest as a druggable target to…”
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A study of collective atomic fluctuations and cooperativity in the U1A–RNA complex based on molecular dynamics simulations
Published in Journal of structural biology (01-03-2007)“…Cooperative interactions play an important role in recognition and binding in macromolecular systems. In this study, we find that cross-correlated atomic…”
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Structure-inspired design of β-arrestin-biased ligands for aminergic GPCRs
Published in Nature chemical biology (01-02-2018)“…D2 dopamine receptor ligands biased for b-arrestin recruitment were developed based on a receptor homology model that identified conserved ligand contacts…”
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U1A protein-stem loop 2 RNA recognition: Prediction of structural differences from protein mutations
Published in Biopolymers (01-09-2011)“…Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out to compare the free and bound structures of wild type U1A protein with several Phe56 mutant U1A proteins…”
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Affinity and Specificity of Protein U1A-RNA Complex Formation Based on an Additive Component Free Energy Model
Published in Journal of molecular biology (31-08-2007)“…An MM-GBSA computational protocol was used to investigate wild-type U1A-RNA and F56 U1A mutant experimental binding free energies. The trend in mutant binding…”
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NMR spectroscopy: the swiss army knife of drug discovery
Published in Journal of biomolecular NMR (01-11-2020)“…Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has evolved into a powerful tool within drug discovery over the last two decades. While traditionally being used…”
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Application of the Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Motif as a Nonclassical Phenyl Ring Bioisostere in the Design of a Potent and Orally Active γ-Secretase Inhibitor
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (12-04-2012)“…Replacement of the central, para-substituted fluorophenyl ring in the γ-secretase inhibitor 1 (BMS-708,163) with the bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane motif led to the…”
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Characterization of the Dynamics of an Essential Helix in the U1A Protein by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Measurements
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (15-05-2008)“…The RNA recognition motif (RRM), one of the most common RNA-binding domains, recognizes single-stranded RNA. A C-terminal helix that undergoes conformational…”
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Structural studies identify angiotensin II receptor blocker-like compounds as branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase inhibitors
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (01-03-2023)“…The mammalian mitochondrial branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKD) complex is a multienzyme complex involved in the catabolism of branched-chain amino…”
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Dopamine D3 receptor antagonist reveals a cryptic pocket in aminergic GPCRs
Published in Scientific reports (17-01-2018)“…The recent increase in the number of X-ray crystal structures of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been enabling for structure-based drug design (SBDD)…”
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Discovery of First Branched-Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Kinase (BDK) Inhibitor Clinical Candidate PF-07328948
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (19-11-2024)“…Inhibition of branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BDK or BCKDK), a negative regulator of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism, is hypothesized…”
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Small molecule branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BDK) inhibitors with opposing effects on BDK protein levels
Published in Nature communications (09-08-2023)“…Branched chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolic impairments have been implicated in several diseases. Branched chain ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) controls the…”
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Improving the Odds of Success in Drug Discovery: Choosing the Best Compounds for in Vivo Toxicology Studies
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (12-12-2013)“…A set of molecules that advanced into exploratory animal toxicology studies (two species) was examined to determine what properties contributed to success in…”
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Identification of a Potent, Highly Selective, and Brain Penetrant Phosphodiesterase 2A Inhibitor Clinical Candidate
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (08-02-2018)“…Computational modeling was used to direct the synthesis of analogs of previously reported phosphodiesterase 2A (PDE2A) inhibitor 1 with an imidazotriazine core…”
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Pseudo-Two-Dimensional Structures (HXYH)3n2H6n (XY = GaN, SiC, GeC, SiSi, or GeGe; n = 1−3): Density Functional Characterization of Structures and Energetics
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory (19-01-2006)“…Hybrid density functional calculations with effective core potential basis sets are performed for monomeric group 13/15 and group 14/14 analogues of…”
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Identification of Phosphorylation Consensus Sequences and Endogenous Neuronal Substrates of the Psychiatric Risk Kinase TNIK
Published in The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics (01-02-2016)“…Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK) is a serine/threonine kinase highly expressed in the brain and enriched in the postsynaptic density of glutamatergic…”
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Application of Structure-Based Design and Parallel Chemistry to Identify a Potent, Selective, and Brain Penetrant Phosphodiesterase 2A Inhibitor
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (13-07-2017)“…Phosphodiesterase 2A (PDE2A) inhibitors have been reported to demonstrate in vivo activity in preclinical models of cognition. To more fully explore the…”
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Author Correction: Dopamine D3 receptor antagonist reveals a cryptic pocket in aminergic GPCRs
Published in Scientific reports (10-04-2019)“…A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has not been fixed in the paper…”
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Kinase domain inhibition of leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) using a [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine scaffold
Published in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters (01-09-2014)“…Leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been genetically linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD). The most common mutant, G2019S, increases kinase activity, thus…”
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