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Old friends in new guise: repositioning of known drugs with structural bioinformatics

Old friends in new guise: repositioning of known drugs with structural bioinformatics Developing a drug de novo is a laborious and costly endeavor. Thus, the repositioning of already approved drugs for the treatment of new diseases is promising and valuable. One computational approach to repositioning exploits the structural similarity of binding sites of known and new targets. Here, we review computational methods to represent and align binding sites. We review available tools, present success stories and discuss limits of the approach. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Briefings in Bioinformatics Oxford University Press

Old friends in new guise: repositioning of known drugs with structural bioinformatics

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Oxford University Press
Copyright
The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. For Permissions, please email: [email protected]
ISSN
1467-5463
eISSN
1477-4054
DOI
10.1093/bib/bbr011
pmid
21441562
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Abstract

Developing a drug de novo is a laborious and costly endeavor. Thus, the repositioning of already approved drugs for the treatment of new diseases is promising and valuable. One computational approach to repositioning exploits the structural similarity of binding sites of known and new targets. Here, we review computational methods to represent and align binding sites. We review available tools, present success stories and discuss limits of the approach.

Journal

Briefings in BioinformaticsOxford University Press

Published: Jul 25, 2011

Keywords: drug repositioning ligand binding sites binding site similarity binding site comparison drug promiscuity

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