Identification of a New Isoindole-2-yl Scaffold as a Qo and Qi Dual Inhibitor of Cytochrome bc 1 Complex: Virtual Screening, Synthesis, and Biochemical Assay

Autor: Niusha Sharifi, Sophia Shahbazi, Kowsar Bagherzadeh, Massoud Amanlou, Homa Azizian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences. 10:781-791
ISSN: 1867-1462
1913-2751
DOI: 10.1007/s12539-017-0241-8
Popis: Respiratory chain ubiquinol-cytochrome (cyt) c oxidoreductase (cyt bc 1 or complex III) has been demonstrated as a promising target for numerous antibiotics and fungicide applications. In this study, a virtual screening of NCI diversity database was carried out in order to find novel Qo/Qi cyt bc 1 complex inhibitors. Structure-based virtual screening and molecular docking methodology were employed to further screen compounds with inhibition activity against cyt bc 1 complex after extensive reliability validation protocol with cross-docking method and identification of the best score functions. Subsequently, the application of rational filtering procedure over the target database resulted in the elucidation of a novel class of cyt bc 1 complex potent inhibitors with comparable binding energies and biological activities to those of the standard inhibitor, antimycin.
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