药理学伴侣分子与蛋白质构象疾病:计算结构生物学方法。

Pharmacological Chaperones and Protein Conformational Diseases: Approaches of Computational Structural Biology.

机构信息

Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.

出版信息

Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 18;24(6):5819. doi: 10.3390/ijms24065819.

Abstract

Whenever a protein fails to fold into its native structure, a profound detrimental effect is likely to occur, and a disease is often developed. Protein conformational disorders arise when proteins adopt abnormal conformations due to a pathological gene variant that turns into gain/loss of function or improper localization/degradation. Pharmacological chaperones are small molecules restoring the correct folding of a protein suitable for treating conformational diseases. Small molecules like these bind poorly folded proteins similarly to physiological chaperones, bridging non-covalent interactions (hydrogen bonds, electrostatic interactions, and van der Waals contacts) loosened or lost due to mutations. Pharmacological chaperone development involves, among other things, structural biology investigation of the target protein and its misfolding and refolding. Such research can take advantage of computational methods at many stages. Here, we present an up-to-date review of the computational structural biology tools and approaches regarding protein stability evaluation, binding pocket discovery and druggability, drug repurposing, and virtual ligand screening. The tools are presented as organized in an ideal workflow oriented at pharmacological chaperones' rational design, also with the treatment of rare diseases in mind.

摘要

当蛋白质不能折叠成其天然结构时,很可能会发生严重的不利影响,并且通常会发展成疾病。当蛋白质由于病理性基因突变而采用异常构象时,就会出现蛋白质构象疾病,这种突变会导致功能的获得/丧失或不当的定位/降解。药理学伴侣是一种小分子,可以恢复适合治疗构象疾病的蛋白质的正确折叠。这些小分子与生理伴侣类似地结合错误折叠的蛋白质,桥接由于突变而松动或丢失的非共价相互作用(氢键、静电相互作用和范德华接触)。药理学伴侣的开发涉及对靶蛋白及其错误折叠和重折叠的结构生物学研究。在许多阶段,此类研究都可以利用计算方法。在这里,我们对有关蛋白质稳定性评估、结合口袋发现和可用药性、药物再利用以及虚拟配体筛选的计算结构生物学工具和方法进行了最新综述。这些工具是按照理想的工作流程组织的,旨在进行药理学伴侣的合理设计,同时考虑到罕见疾病的治疗。

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