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Authors: Mehmet Ali Öztürk, Vlad Cojocaru, Rebecca C. Wade

Date Published: 1st May 2018

Publication Type: Journal

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Authors: Neil J Bruce, Gaurav K Ganotra, Daria B Kokh, S Kashif Sadiq, Rebecca C Wade

Date Published: 1st Apr 2018

Publication Type: Journal

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Authors: S Kashif Sadiq, Rebecca C Wade

Date Published: 2018

Publication Type: Journal

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Structure-based drug design has often been restricted by the rather static picture of protein–ligand complexes presented by crystal structures, despite the widely accepted importance of protein flexibilityy in biomolecular recognition. Here we report a detailed experimental and computational study of the drug target, human heat shock protein 90, to explore the contribution of protein dynamics to the binding thermodynamics and kinetics of drug-like compounds. We observe that their binding properties depend on whether the protein has a loop or a helical conformation in the binding site of the ligand-bound state. Compounds bound to the helical conformation display slow association and dissociation rates, high-affinity and high cellular efficacy, and predominantly entropically driven binding. An important entropic contribution comes from the greater flexibility of the helical relative to the loop conformation in the ligand-bound state. This unusual mechanism suggests increasing target flexibility in the bound state by ligand design as a new strategy for drug discovery.

Authors: M. Amaral, D. B. Kokh, J. Bomke, A. Wegener, H. P. Buchstaller, H. M. Eggenweiler, P. Matias, C. Sirrenberg, R. C. Wade, M. Frech

Date Published: 1st Dec 2017

Publication Type: Journal

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Authors: Joanna Panecka-Hofman, Ina Pöhner, Francesca Spyrakis, Talia Zeppelin, Flavio Di Pisa, Lucia Dello Iacono, Alessio Bonucci, Antonio Quotadamo, Alberto Venturelli, Stefano Mangani, Maria Paola Costi, Rebecca C. Wade

Date Published: 1st Dec 2017

Publication Type: Journal

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ARL13B encodes for the ADP-ribosylation factor-like 13B GTPase, which is required for normal cilia structure and Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling. Disruptions in cilia structure or function lead to a class of human disorders called ciliopathies. Joubert syndrome is characterized by a wide spectrum of symptoms, including a variable degree of intellectual disability, ataxia, and ocular abnormalities. Here we report a novel homozygous missense variant c.[223G>A] (p.(Gly75Arg) in the ARL13B gene, which was identified by whole-exome sequencing of a trio from a consanguineous family with multiple-affected individuals suffering from intellectual disability, ataxia, ocular defects, and epilepsy. The same variant was also identified in a second family. We saw a striking difference in the severity of ataxia between affected male and female individuals in both families. Both ARL13B and ARL13B-c.[223G>A] (p.(Gly75Arg) expression rescued the cilia length and Shh defects displayed by Arl13b hennin (null) cells, indicating that the variant did not disrupt either ARL13B function. In contrast, ARL13B-c.[223G>A] (p.(Gly75Arg) displayed a marked loss of ARL3 guanine nucleotide-exchange factor activity, with retention of its GTPase activities, highlighting the correlation between its loss of function as an ARL3 guanine nucleotide-exchange factor and Joubert syndrome.

Authors: Rafiullah Rafiullah, Alyssa B. Long, Anna A. Ivanova, Hazrat Ali, Simone Berkel, Ghulam Mustafa, Nagarajan Paramasivam, Matthias Schlesner, Stefan Wiemann, Rebecca C. Wade, Eugen Bolthauser, Martin Blum, Richard A. Kahn, Tamara Caspary, Gudrun A. Rappold

Date Published: 1st Dec 2017

Publication Type: Journal

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Authors: Pasquale Linciano, Alice Dawson, Ina Pöhner, David M. Costa, Monica S. Sá, Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, Rosaria Luciani, Sheraz Gul, Gesa Witt, Bernhard Ellinger, Maria Kuzikov, Philip Gribbon, Jeanette Reinshagen, Markus Wolf, Birte Behrens, Véronique Hannaert, Paul A. M. Michels, Erika Nerini, Cecilia Pozzi, Flavio di Pisa, Giacomo Landi, Nuno Santarem, Stefania Ferrari, Puneet Saxena, Sandra Lazzari, Giuseppe Cannazza, Lucio H. Freitas-Junior, Carolina B. Moraes, Bruno S. Pascoalino, Laura M. Alcântara, Claudia P. Bertolacini, Vanessa Fontana, Ulrike Wittig, Wolfgang Müller, Rebecca C. Wade, William N. Hunter, Stefano Mangani, Luca Costantino, Maria P. Costi

Date Published: 14th Sep 2017

Publication Type: Journal

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