In the present work, the knowledge on target proteins of standard antibiotics was extended to antimicrobial mushroom compounds. Docking studies were performed for 34 compounds in order to evaluate their affinity to bacterial proteins that are known targets for some antibiotics with different mechanism of action: inhibitors of cell wall synthesis, inhibitors of protein synthesis, inhibitors of nucleic acids synt...
The Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) is a tyrosine kinase receptor involved in the growth and differentiation of endothelial cells that is implicated in tumor-associated angiogenesis. In this study novel 1-aryl-3-[4-(thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]ureas were synthesized and evaluated for the VEGFR-2 tyrosine kinase inhibition. Three of these compounds showed good VEGFR-2 inhibition...
Aim and Methods: Although the antimicrobial activity of extracts from several mushroom species have been reported, studies with the individual compounds present in that extracts are scarce. Herein, the antimicrobial activity of different phenolic compounds identified and quantified in mushroom species from all over the world was evaluated. Furthermore, a structure activity relationship (SAR) analysis and molec...
O screening virtual de grandes bibliotecas de compostos químicos, utilizando metodologias computacionais como o molecular docking, é cada vez mais utilizado na procura de potenciais inibidores de proteínas-alvo envolvidas em diferentes patologias. No entanto, devido ao facto destas bibliotecas poderem atingir um número de compostos químicos que podem ir das dezenas às centenas de milhar, é muitas vezes necessár...
A quimioinformática é uma área científica que utiliza métodos computacionais para resolver problemas de Química normalmente associados à representação virtual da estrutura de compostos químicos, quer sejam sintéticos ou naturais. t: provavelmente a disciplina de computação aplicada com maior historial, embora o termo quimioinformática só tenha surgido há menos de uma década. As ferramentas computacionais utiliz...
Angiogenesis, the growth of new vessels from preexisting vasculature, is a critical step in tumor progression [1]. The tyrosine kinase Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 (VEGFR2) is a crucial mediator in angiogenesis since the VEGF, excreted by the tumor cells, binds to it activating several signaling pathways involved in cell survival and proliferation [2]. Recently thienopyridine derivatives showed...
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