title: Making protein interactions druggable: targeting PDZ domains.
abstract: Modulating protein-protein interactions involved in disease pathways is an attractive strategy for developing drugs, but remains a challenge to achieve. One approach is to target certain domains within proteins that mediate these interactions. One example of such a domain is the PDZ domain, which is involved in interactions between many different proteins in a variety of cellular contexts. Because PDZ domains have well-defined binding sites, they are promising targets for drug discovery. However, there is still much to learn about the function of these domains before drugs targeting PDZ interactions can become a reality.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Research, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Novartis Pharma AG, WSJ-386.7.43, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland. kumlesh_k.dev@pharma.novartis.com
authors.forename: Kumlesh K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Dev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000187:drug effects; D011506:Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000074407:SAP90-PSD95 Associated Proteins; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C498297:PICk1 protein, human; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D000074407:SAP90-PSD95 Associated Proteins; C569042:TJP1 protein, human; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein; C033652:postsynaptic density proteins