SBDD and Its Challenges

Sohini Chakraborti (Lead / Corresponding author), S. Sachchidanand

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Abstract

Proteins are the important biological macromolecules that are targeted by most of the existing drugs. SBDD play a critical role in design of drug-like, novel, potent, and safe modulators. It is a joint effort from structural biologists and computational scientists, which considers various limitations of the techniques and suitably guides drug designers. Identifying a novel, potent, and safe drug-like molecule is a long challenging path, and throughout this discovery journey, SBDD provides crucial guiding light at different stages. SBDD involves the use of structural data of target proteins to identify suitable ligand candidates that might bind the protein of interest and modulate its functions, resulting in therapeutic benefit. In this chapter, we provide an overview of computational SBDD workflow, and the various challenges associated with it. We also discuss strategies that could be adopted to tackle the challenges by making the best use of available information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCurrent Trends in Computational Modeling for Drug Discovery
EditorsSupratik Kar, Jerzy Leszczynski
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Chapter1
Pages1-24
Number of pages24
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031338717
ISBN (Print)9783031338700, 9783031338731
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameChallenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics
Volume35
ISSN (Print)2542-4491
ISSN (Electronic)2542-4483

Keywords

  • Binding affinity prediction
  • Ligand screening
  • Protein flexibility
  • Structure selection
  • Structure-based drug discovery (SBDD)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Chemistry (miscellaneous)
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
  • Computer Science Applications

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