Molecular modeling and docking of small molecule inhibitors against NEK2
Open Access
- 10 April 2016
- journal article
- Published by Biomedical Informatics in Bioinformation
- Vol. 12 (2), 62-68
- https://doi.org/10.6026/97320630012062
Abstract
Aberrant expression of NEK2 (NIMA-related kinase 2) is indicated in a wide variety of human cancers. NEK2 is highly correlated to multi drug resistance by activating drug efflux activity. Identification of new small molecule inhibitors targeted against NEK2 therefore, facilitates to increase drug sensitivity of cancer cells, by stabilizing drug influx and minimizes the dose of therapeutic drug. Our work investigates to screen for optimal small molecule inhibitors against NEK2. In this study, we used a computational approach by modeling NEK2 protein using I-TASSER (Iterative Threading ASSEmbly Refinement) software. The modeled structure was subjected to protein preparation wizard; to add hydrogens and to optimize the protonation states of His, Gln and Asn residues. Active site of the modeled protein was identified using SiteMap tool of Schrodinger package. We further carried out docking studies by means of Glide, with various ligands downloaded from EDULISS database. Based on glide score, potential ligands were screened and their interaction with NEK2 was identified. The best hits were further screened for LipinskiKeywords
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