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AI-Designed Enzymes

Codon

One study from 2008 (also from the Baker lab) reported de novo enzyme catalysts for Kemp elimination — a reaction that opens up a benzisoxazole ring — by running molecular dynamics simulations to sieve through possible designs.

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 1

Metabolite Tales Blog

Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs – Part 1 Does CYP3A4 still rule? By Julia Shanu-Wilson It won’t come as much surprise to learn that of the 17 small molecules* approved by the FDA in 2022, CYP3A4 was the major player in drug metabolism. References Iversen et al., Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol.

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Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs PART 2

Metabolite Tales Blog

Metabolism of 2022 FDA approved small molecule drugs part 2 Mixing it Up By Julia Shanu-Wilson In Part 1 of this topic we looked at metabolism of the small molecule drugs approved by the FDA in 2022 that were mediated by CYP3A4. 2008 Mar;153 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S82-9. We hope it was a useful two-parter!

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Natural Intelligence?

Molecular Design

My pulse will be quickenin' With each drop of strychnine We feed to a pigeon It just takes a smidgin To poison a pigeon in the park Tom Lehrer, Poisoning Pigeons in the Park | video ** Ill be reviewing the H2024 study (Occurrence of Natural Selection in Successful Small Molecule Drug Discovery) in this post.

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ABY 737

New Drug Approvals

852808-04-9 ABT-737 is a small molecule drug that inhibits Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL , two members of the Bcl-2 family of evolutionarily-conserved proteins that share B cl-2 H omology (BH) domains. “Bcl-2 inhibitors: small molecules with a big impact on cancer therapy.” 2008): 360–367. doi : 10.1038/ncomms11190.

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The Chemistry Clicked: Two NIH-Supported Researchers Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

For clinical researchers, click chemistry has emerged as a workhorse in drug discovery and the improved targeting of cancer chemotherapies and other small-molecule drugs. Science 2008, 320 (5876), 664–667. [6] 6] Small molecule inhibitors of mucin-type O-glycosylation from a uridine-based library.

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ATUZAGINSTAT

New Drug Approvals

link] 01 Aug 2022 Cortexyme is now called Quince Therapeutics You need to be a logged in or subscribed to view this content This small molecule is an orally available protease inhibitor targeting the lysine proteases of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. Epub 2008 Dec 29 PubMed. Infect Immun.