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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Allostery Inhibition of BACE1 by Psychotic and Meroterpenoid Drugs in Alzheimer's Disease Therapy.

Samuel C Ugbaja, Isiaka A Lawal, Bahijjahtu H Abubakar, Aganze G Mushebenge, Monsurat M Lawal, Hezekiel M Kumalo

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel C UgbajaDiscipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Isiaka A LawalChemistry Department, Faculty of Applied and Computer Science, Vanderbijlpark Campus, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7221-5316
Bahijjahtu H AbubakarThe Renewable Energy Programme, Federal Ministry of Environment, Aguiyi Ironsi St, Maitama, Abuja 904101, Nigeria.
Aganze G MushebengeDiscipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Monsurat M LawalDiscipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6751-3420
Hezekiel M KumaloDiscipline of Medical Biochemistry, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa.
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAMinistry of Environment · NGVaal University of Technology · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In over a century since its discovery, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has continued to be a global health concern due to its incurable nature and overwhelming increase among older people. In this paper, we give an overview of the efforts of researchers towards identifying potent BACE1 exosite-binding antibodies and allosteric inhibitors. Herein, we apply computer-aided drug design (CADD) methods to unravel the interactions of some proposed psychotic and meroterpenoid BACE1 allosteric site inhibitors. This study is aimed at validating the allosteric potentials of these selected compounds targeted at BACE1 inhibition. Molecular docking, molecular dynamic (MD) simulations, and post-MD analyses are carried out on these selected compounds, which have been experimentally proven to exhibit allosteric inhibition on BACE1. The SwissDock software enabled us to identify more than five druggable pockets on the BACE1 structural surface using docking. Besides the active site region, a melatonin derivative (compound

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAgedAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesEnzyme InhibitorsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAspartic Acid EndopeptidasesBACE1 protein, humanEnzyme Inhibitorsallosteric inhibitorAlzheimer’s diseaseBACE1molecular dockingmolecular dynamics (MD) simulationsmultisite targeting

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PMID35889246
PMCPMC9320338
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