Homology model, molecular dynamics simulation and novel pyrazole analogs design of Candida albicans CYP450 lanosterol 14 α-demethylase, a target enzyme for antifungal therapy

Candida albicans infections and their resistance to clinically approved azole drugs are major concerns for human. The azole antifungal drugs inhibit the ergosterol synthesis by targeting lanosterol 14α-demethylase of cytochrome P450 family. The lack of high-resolution structural information of fungal pathogens has been a barrier for the design of modified azole drugs. Thus, a preliminary theoretical molecular dynamic study is carried out to develop and validate a simple homologous model using crystallographic structure of the lanosterol 14α-demethylase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (PDB ID-1EA1) in which the active site residues are substituted with that of C. albicans (taxid 5476). Further, novel designed pyrazole analogs (SGS1-16) docked on chimeric 1EA1 and revealed that SGS-16 show good binding affinity through non-bonding interaction with the heme, which is different from the leading azole antifungals. The ADME-T results showed these analogs can be further explored in design of more safe and effective antifungal agents.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics - 35(2017), 7 vom: 18. Mai, Seite 1446-1463

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jacob K, Sony [VerfasserIn]
Ganguly, Swastika [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Pravin [VerfasserIn]
Poddar, Raju [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Anoop [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Antifungal Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Candida albicans
Docking study
EC 1.14.14.154
Fungal Proteins
Homologous model
Journal Article
Pyrazole analogs
Pyrazoles
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Sterol 14-Demethylase
Toxicity study

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Date Completed 12.02.2018

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/07391102.2016.1185380

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM259994898