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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1568-0266
ISSN (Online): 1873-4294

Review Article

Structure-based Virtual Screening Approaches in Kinase-directed Drug Discovery

Author(s): David Bajusz, Gyorgy G. Ferenczy and Gyorgy M. Keseru*

Volume 17, Issue 20, 2017

Page: [2235 - 2259] Pages: 25

DOI: 10.2174/1568026617666170224121313

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Abstract

Protein kinases are one of the most targeted protein families in current drug discovery pipelines. They are implicated in many oncological, inflammatory, CNS-related and other clinical indications. Virtual screening is a computational technique with a diverse set of available tools that has been shown many times to provide novel starting points for kinase-directed drug discovery. This review starts with a concise overview of the function, structural features and inhibitory mechanisms of protein kinases. In addition to briefly reviewing the practical aspects of structure-based virtual screenings, we discuss several case studies to illustrate the state of the art in the virtual screening for type I, type II, allosteric (type III-V) and covalent (type VI) kinase inhibitors. With this review, we strive to provide a summary of the latest advances in the structure-based discovery of novel kinase inhibitors, as well as a practical tool to anyone who wishes to embark on such an endeavor.

Keywords: Drug discovery, Kinase, Structure-based virtual screening, Inhibitor, Docking, DFG motif, Activation segment, hinge, Covalent docking.

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