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:Colorectal cancer, which is considered one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, develops through the formation of benign polyps on the inner colon or rectum wall. Truncations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene lead to the spread of the disease in the entire colon region when combined with the guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) Asef. A series of peptidomimetic agents were previously discovered as protein-protein interaction inhibitors that can target the APC-Asef interface. Structure-based virtual screening (SBVS), using a set of docking methods combined with molecular dynamics simulations, was carried out to identify new small drug-like agents. After the initial screening process, compounds with diverse chemical scaffolds and direct interaction with Arg549 and other active site residues were chosen and subjected to induce fit. The amide functional group found in the ligand hit structures showed strong interactions with Arg549, leading to observable conformational changes that allow suitable positioning within the peptide binding site. Furthermore, the pH-specific MD simulations of the top hit 838 within the APC-Asef binding site depicted significant interactions required for biochemical recognition in changing microenvironment. Predicted inhibitory constant (Ki) values and binding free energies of hits further described the significance of the amide group over the other chemical scaffolds. This combination of in silico approaches provides key insights for colorectal drug discovery programs targeting the APC-Asef interaction. Graphical abstract The common active site residues involved in interaction with ligands.
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J Mol Modeljournal_title
Journal of molecular modelingauthors
Jadav SS,Macalino SJY,Alluri Rdoi
10.1007/s00894-020-04467-5subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-07-16 00:00:00pages
207issue
8eissn
1610-2940issn
0948-5023pii
10.1007/s00894-020-04467-5journal_volume
26pub_type
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