K-Ras is a well-validated cancer target but is considered to be â??undruggableâ?? due to the lack of suitable binding pockets. We previously discovered small molecules that bind weakly to K-Ras but wanted to improve their binding affinities by identifying ligands that bind near our initial hits that we could link together. Here we describe an approach for identifying second site ligands that uses a cysteine residue to covalently attach a compound for tight binding to the first site pocket followed by a fragment screen for binding to a second site. This approach could be very useful for targeting Ras and other challenging drug targets.
[NMR paper] The 2/2 hemoglobin from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 with covalently attached heme: Comparison of X-ray and NMR structures.
The 2/2 hemoglobin from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 with covalently attached heme: Comparison of X-ray and NMR structures.
The 2/2 hemoglobin from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 with covalently attached heme: Comparison of X-ray and NMR structures.
Proteins. 2013 Sep 2;
Authors: Wenke BB, Lecomte JT, Héroux A, Schlessman JL
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The X-ray structures of the hemoglobin from Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 (GlbN) were solved in the ferric bis-histidine (1.44 Å resolution) and cyanide-bound (2.25 Å resolution)...
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[NMR paper] Site-specific identification of an a? fibril-heparin interaction site by using solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
Site-specific identification of an a? fibril-heparin interaction site by using solid-state NMR spectroscopy.
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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Dec 21;51(52):13140-3
Authors: Madine J, Pandya MJ, Hicks MR, Rodger A, Yates EA, Radford SE, Middleton DA
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[NMR paper] TINS, target immobilized NMR screening: an efficient and sensitive method for ligand
TINS, target immobilized NMR screening: an efficient and sensitive method for ligand discovery.
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Chem Biol. 2005 Feb;12(2):207-16
Authors: Vanwetswinkel S, Heetebrij RJ, van Duynhoven J, Hollander JG, Filippov DV, Hajduk PJ, Siegal G
We propose a ligand screening method, called TINS (target immobilized NMR screening), which reduces the amount of target required for the fragment-based approach to drug discovery. Binding is detected by...
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[NMR paper] Exploring the active site of human factor Xa protein by NMR screening of small molecu
Exploring the active site of human factor Xa protein by NMR screening of small molecule probes.
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Org Biomol Chem. 2003 Dec 7;1(23):4235-41
Authors: Fielding L, Fletcher D, Rutherford S, Kaur J, Mestres J
A collection of small molecules (MW < 350 Da) was screened for binding to human factor Xa using saturation transfer difference NMR spectroscopy to detect binding. The NMR screening experiments identified four hits. Binding isotherms...
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[NMR paper] Second-site NMR screening and linker design.
Second-site NMR screening and linker design.
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Curr Top Med Chem. 2003;3(1):69-80
Authors: Jahnke W, Flörsheimer A, Blommers MJ, Paris CG, Heim J, Nalin CM, Perez LB
One of the prime merits of NMR as a tool for lead finding in drug discovery research is its sensitivity and robustness to detect weak protein-ligand interactions. This sensitivity allows to build up ligands for a given target in a modular way, by a fragment-based approach. In this approach, two ligands are seperately...
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[NMR paper] Site-selective labeling strategies for screening by NMR.
Site-selective labeling strategies for screening by NMR.
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Comb Chem High Throughput Screen. 2002 Dec;5(8):623-30
Authors: Weigelt J, Wikström M, Schultz J, van Dongen MJ
NMR based screening has become an important tool in the pharmaceutical industry. Methods that provide information on the location of small molecule binding sites on the surface of a drug target (e. g. SAR-by-NMR and related techniques) are of particular interest. In order to extend the applicability of...
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[NMR paper] Site-selective screening by NMR spectroscopy with labeled amino acid pairs.
Site-selective screening by NMR spectroscopy with labeled amino acid pairs.
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J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Mar 20;124(11):2446-7
Authors: Weigelt J, van Dongen M, Uppenberg J, Schultz J, Wikström M
A new method for site-selective screening by NMR is presented. The core of the new method is the dual amino acid sequence specific labeling technique. Amino acid X is labeled with (13)C and amino acid Y is labeled with (15)N. Provided only one XY pair occurs in the...
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[NMR paper] Docking multiple conformations of a flexible ligand into a protein binding site using
Docking multiple conformations of a flexible ligand into a protein binding site using NMR restraints.
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Proteins. 2002 Feb 15;46(3):295-307
Authors: Zabell AP, Post CB
A method is described for docking a large, flexible ligand using intra-ligand conformational restraints from exchange-transferred NOE (etNOE) data. Numerous conformations of the ligand are generated in isolation, and a subset of representative conformations is...
A method for the second-site screening of K-Ras in the presence of a covalently attached first-site ligand
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