Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Article Title: Identification of Novel Human 15-Lipoxygenase-2 (h15-LOX-2) Inhibitors Using a Virtual Screening Approach
doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01884
Figure Lengend Snippet: Schematic representations of the predicted binding modes (best-scored docking solutions) of the h15-LOX-2 inhibitors selected by the VS protocol proposed in this study: (A) Compound 07 ; (B) compound 10 ; (C) compound 11 ; (D) compound 12 ; (E) compound 13 ; and (F) compound 14 . The crystal structure of h15-LOX-2 (PDB code: 4NRE ; resolution: 2.63 Å) was used for all docking calculations. Left panels : Schematic representations of the best-scored docking solutions for each inhibitor inside the h15-LOX-2 active site’s cavity. For clarity, only the active site residues that interact with each inhibitor are highlighted (shown as sticks). Catalytic iron is shown as a brown sphere. A water molecule that coordinates iron and makes a hydrogen-bond interaction with compounds 10 and 12 is shown as a red sphere in panels (B, D). Central panels : Schematic representations of the best-scored docking solutions for each compound, with h15-LOX-2 active site’s cavity represented as a surface to highlight its U-shaped format. The inhibitors occupy the more solvent-exposed arm of the cavity, which corresponds to the cavity’s right arm in the protein’s orientation captured to prepare this figure. Right panels : 2D Schematic representations of the protein–ligand interactions identified using the LigandScout program. Yellow: hydrophobic interactions; blue circle/arrow: pi-cation interactions; blue cones: ionic interactions; red arrows: hydrogen-bond acceptor interactions; pink arrow: halogen bond interaction. The figure was prepared using PyMOL.
Article Snippet: Compounds tested as inhibitors ( 1 – 14 ) were purchased from MolPort ( Molport SIA , Riga, Latvia) and are >88% pure.
Techniques: Binding Assay, Solvent