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ReviewDrug discovery today2026

Allosteric drugs in biomolecular condensates: ways forward.

Ruth Nussinov, Clil Regev, Hyunbum Jang

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ruth NussinovComputational Structural Biology Section, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; Cancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Electronic address: NussinoR@mail.nih.gov.
Clil RegevCancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Hyunbum JangComputational Structural Biology Section, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; Cancer Innovation Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.

Funding

Protein Structure, Stability, and Amyloid FormationZ01BC010440 · BASIC SCIENCES · 2002 to 2005
Biomolecular Recognition and Binding MechanismsZ01BC010441 · BASIC SCIENCES · 2002 to 2005
Method Development: Efficient Computer Vision Based AlgoZ01BC010442 · BASIC SCIENCES · 2002 to 2005
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010440Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010441Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomacromolecular condensates are membraneless compartments that form through the dynamic assembly of function-related macromolecules to perform specific functions, such as signaling and gene expression. They have crucial roles in disease, fueling significant interest in their therapeutic potential. Efforts largely focus on condensate-modulating drugs, disrupting the crowded, interlinked molecular mesh. Although this is an important aim, such drugs might not be as specific as 'classical' allosteric drugs, and it remains challenging to optimize highly specific allosteric drugs. Condensate-resident proteins are intimately linked to allosteric behavior, making allosteric drugs, which are highly specific, their prioritized targets. This work examines the two classes of allosteric drugs, exploring how biomolecular condensates can be leveraged to advance a new era of condensate-adapted, protein-specific allosteric drug discovery.

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Biomolecular CondensatesDrug DiscoveryAllosteric RegulationAnimalsHumansProteinsProteinsallosteryconformational changeconformational ensemblescooperativityinhibitorsmembraneless biomacromolecular condensates

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PMID41722894
PMCPMC12949815

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