Activity of bromodomain protein inhibitors/binders against asexual-stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites.

ABSTRACT: Bromodomain-containing proteins (BDPs) are involved in the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression. Compounds that bind and/or inhibit BDPs are of interest as tools to better understand epigenetic regulation, and as possible drug leads for different diseases, including malaria. In this study, we assessed the activity of 42 compounds demonstrated or predicted (using virtual screening of a pharmacophore model) to bind/inhibit eukaryotic BDPs for activity against Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites. In silico docking studies indicated that all compounds are predicted to participate in a typical hydrogen bond interaction with the conserved asparagine (Asn1436) of the P. falciparum histone acetyltransferase (PfGCN5) bromodomain and a conserved water molecule. Only one compound (the dimethy

SUBMITTER: Chua MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039313 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature