Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan

Dengue is a serious disease which has re-emerged to become a global health burden. Currently, the only method deployed to manage this disease is by vector control. The increasing spread and severity of the dengue virus infection give emphasis to the importance of drug discovery strategies that could...

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Main Author: Alagappan, Pratheev
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description Dengue is a serious disease which has re-emerged to become a global health burden. Currently, the only method deployed to manage this disease is by vector control. The increasing spread and severity of the dengue virus infection give emphasis to the importance of drug discovery strategies that could efficiently and cost-effectively identify potent drugs for development. In support of this requirement, several computational approaches were applied in this work. Initially structural comparison between the DEN2 homology model and DEN3 crystal structures and molecular docking studies of reference ligands to the DENV NS2B/NS3 serine protease were carried out. These reference ligands consist of reported competitive inhibitors and non-competitive inhibitors (4-hydroxypanduratin A, alpinetin, pinocembrin, pinostrobin and cardamonin). This study has provided some insights on possible binding interactions and comparison between the DEN2 homology model and DEN3 crystal structures where several differences with the interactions with the ligand binding residues have shown to be important for the protease inhibition.
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spelling um-37962013-08-17T09:28:38Z Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan Alagappan, Pratheev QH301 Biology Dengue is a serious disease which has re-emerged to become a global health burden. Currently, the only method deployed to manage this disease is by vector control. The increasing spread and severity of the dengue virus infection give emphasis to the importance of drug discovery strategies that could efficiently and cost-effectively identify potent drugs for development. In support of this requirement, several computational approaches were applied in this work. Initially structural comparison between the DEN2 homology model and DEN3 crystal structures and molecular docking studies of reference ligands to the DENV NS2B/NS3 serine protease were carried out. These reference ligands consist of reported competitive inhibitors and non-competitive inhibitors (4-hydroxypanduratin A, alpinetin, pinocembrin, pinostrobin and cardamonin). This study has provided some insights on possible binding interactions and comparison between the DEN2 homology model and DEN3 crystal structures where several differences with the interactions with the ligand binding residues have shown to be important for the protease inhibition. 2012 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/1/1_Cover_page.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/2/2_Report_Preface.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/3/3._content.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/4/3_Report_Text.pdf http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Structural+insight+into+ligand+binding+interactions+with+DEN2+and+DEN3+proteases&te= Alagappan, Pratheev (2012) Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/
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Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title_full Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title_fullStr Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title_full_unstemmed Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title_short Structural insight into ligand binding interactions with DEN2 and DEN3 proteases / Pratheev Alagappan
title_sort structural insight into ligand binding interactions with den2 and den3 proteases / pratheev alagappan
topic QH301 Biology
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http://pendeta.um.edu.my/client/default/search/results?qu=Structural+insight+into+ligand+binding+interactions+with+DEN2+and+DEN3+proteases&te=
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/1/1_Cover_page.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/2/2_Report_Preface.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/3/3._content.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/3796/4/3_Report_Text.pdf