Novel hybrid virtual screening protocol based on molecular docking and structure-based pharmacophore for discovery of methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors as antibacterial agents.

ABSTRACT: Methione tRNA synthetase (MetRS) is an essential enzyme involved in protein biosynthesis in all living organisms and is a potential antibacterial target. In the current study, the structure-based pharmacophore (SBP)-guided method has been suggested to generate a comprehensive pharmacophore of MetRS based on fourteen crystal structures of MetRS-inhibitor complexes. In this investigation, a hybrid protocol of a virtual screening method, comprised of pharmacophore model-based virtual screening (PBVS), rigid and flexible docking-based virtual screenings (DBVS), is used for retrieving new MetRS inhibitors from commercially available chemical databases. This hybrid virtual screening approach was then applied to screen the Specs (202,408 compounds) database, a structurally diverse chemical databa

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3742241 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature