Chapter title |
Designing Novel Inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei.
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Chapter number | 15 |
Book title |
In Silico Models for Drug Discovery
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-62703-342-8_15 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-62703-341-1, 978-1-62703-342-8
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Authors |
Özlem Demir, Rommie E. Amaro, Demir O, Amaro RE |
Editors |
Sandhya Kortagere |
Abstract |
Computational simulations of essential biological systems in pathogenic organisms are increasingly being used to reveal structural and dynamical features for targets of interest. At the same time, increased research efforts, especially from academia, have been directed toward drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases. Although these diseases cripple large populations in less fortunate parts of the world, either very few new drugs are being developed or the available treatments for them have severe side effects, including death. This chapter walks readers through a computational investigation used to find novel inhibitors to target one of these neglected diseases, African sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis). Such studies may suggest novel small-molecule compounds that could be considered as part of an early-stage drug discovery effort. As an example target protein of interest, we focus on the essential protein RNA-editing ligase 1 (REL1) in Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis. |
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