2023
Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand
Ye Y, Morita S, Chang J, Buckley P, Wilhelm K, DiMaio D, Groves J, Barrera F. Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand. ELife 2023, 12: e82861. PMID: 37796108, PMCID: PMC10554751, DOI: 10.7554/elife.82861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsT cell receptorTCR activationCD3ζ subunitsTM ligandsComplex molecular machinesReceptor tyrosine kinase EphA2Cell receptorTM domainTransmembrane domainNative nanodiscsTCR subunitsAllosteric changesTM bundleCytoplasmic sideTM regionMolecular mechanismsExtracellular domainAllosteric inhibitionLck phosphorylationMolecular machinesMembrane receptorsAberrant activationSubunitsMembrane ligandsDecades of investigation
2013
Virtual screening reveals allosteric inhibitors of the Toxoplasma gondii thymidylate synthase–dihydrofolate reductase
Sharma H, Landau MJ, Sullivan TJ, Kumar VP, Dahlgren MK, Jorgensen WL, Anderson KS. Virtual screening reveals allosteric inhibitors of the Toxoplasma gondii thymidylate synthase–dihydrofolate reductase. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2013, 24: 1232-1235. PMID: 24440298, PMCID: PMC3946055, DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThymidylate synthase-dihydrofolate reductaseSynthase-dihydrofolate reductaseVirtual screeningSmall drug-like moleculesAllosteric inhibitorsDrug-like moleculesSpecies-specific inhibitorsNovel allosteric inhibitorsSuitable drug targetsTS domainParasite Toxoplasma gondiiAllosteric inhibitionDrug targetsTS activityReductaseToxoplasma gondiiInhibitorsCompoundsMoleculesEnzymeScreening
1998
Mechanism for allosteric inhibition of an ATP-sensitive ribozyme
Tang J, Breaker R. Mechanism for allosteric inhibition of an ATP-sensitive ribozyme. Nucleic Acids Research 1998, 26: 4214-4221. PMID: 9722642, PMCID: PMC147823, DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.18.4214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAllosteric ribozymesModular rational designFunctional modulationEffector moleculesSelf-cleaving ribozymesFunction of ribozymesSmall effector moleculesPresence of ATPAbsence of ATPAptamer domainStructural basisLigand bindingAllosteric inhibitionRibozyme domainPossible mechanismTertiary structureConformational changesRibozyme
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