Enzyme inhibition plays a crucial role in drug discovery by governing interactions between molecules and distinct enzymatic sites, facilitating the identification of early drug candidates. However, most nanozymes have been limited to single active si...
International journal of molecular sciences
May 26, 2025
The active sites of enzymes are able to activate substrates and perform chemical reactions that cannot occur in solutions. We focus on the hydrolysis reactions catalyzed by enzymes and initiated by the nucleophilic attack of the substrate's carbonyl ...
α-Glucosidase is a key enzyme responsible for controlling the blood glucose, making a pivotal target in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Present work introducestriazolo[1,5-a]pyridine as a novel, potent scaffold for α-glucosidase inhibition...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
May 2, 2025
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat, with species contributing significantly to difficult-to-treat infections. The Pen family of β-lactamases are produced by all spp., and their mutation or overproduction leads to the resistance of β-...
International journal of molecular sciences
Mar 26, 2025
In this study, we utilized machine learning techniques to identify potential inhibitors of the MERS-CoV 3CL protease. Among the models evaluated, the Random Forest (RF) algorithm exhibited the highest predictive performance, achieving an accuracy of ...
Cytochrome P450 1A2, as many isoenzymes, can generate multiple metabolites from a single substrate. A loose coupling between substrate binding and oxygen activation makes possible substrate reorientations at the active site prior to catalysis. In the...
Journal of chemical information and modeling
Feb 10, 2025
Computational enzyme design is a promising technique for producing novel enzymes for industrial and clinical needs. A key challenge that this technique faces is to consistently achieve the desired activity. Fundamental studies of natural enzymes reve...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Nov 26, 2024
Machine learning (ML) is transforming the investigation of complex biological processes. In enzymatic catalysis, one significant challenge is identifying the reactive conformations (RC) of the enzyme:substrate complex where the substrate assumes a pr...
Annotating active sites in enzymes is crucial for advancing multiple fields including drug discovery, disease research, enzyme engineering, and synthetic biology. Despite the development of numerous automated annotation algorithms, a significant trad...
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
Jun 24, 2024
The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus had led to profound respiratory health implications. This study focused on designing organoselenium-based inhibitors targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease (M). The ligand-bi...
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