title: Receptor-based pharmacophore tool for design and development of next-generation drugs.
abstract: Drug discovery is an intricate process in which new drugs are designed or discovered. A pharmacophore is an essential ensemble of steric and electronic features for drug discovery, which is necessary to ensure optimal interactions with a specific target structure and to trigger its biological response. Here we present our innovative approach: the Receptor-Based Pharmacophoric Tool (RBPT), a transparent user friendly GUI sphere that generates pharmacophores using the structure of the target protein at the specified binding site. The pharmacophore generated for the specified binding site of a target can be used in virtual screening and for further studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioinformatics, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur 613402, Tamilnadu, India. uthay@bioinfo.sastra.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Udayakumar
authors.forename: Pupala Suresh
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hemavathi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanmugapriya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seenivasagam
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D030562:Databases, Protein; D015195:Drug Design; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D011955:Receptors, Drug / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011955:Receptors, Drug