Published January 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Darapladib Binds to Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 with Meaningful Interactions

  • 1. Bioinformatics and Molecular Design Research Center, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is a crucial enzyme in atherosclerosis as a potential drug target. The most remarkable Lp-PLA2 inhibitory drug is Darapladib. We determined the binding pose of Darapladib to Lp-PLA2 through docking study. Darapladib formed two hydrogen bonding interactions with the side chain of Tyr160 and Gln352 and several pi-pi interactions with aromatic and aliphatic hydrophobic residues of Lp-PLA2. It is known that the dietylpropan-amine moiety of Darapladib has influence on the improvement of its oral bioavailability and we supposed this in our docking results

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
Journal Volume
35
Journal Issue
1
Series
22 refs, 3 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 250-252
ISSN
0253-2964

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
46042765
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Descriptors DEI
AMINES; CHAINS; DRUGS; ENZYMES; HYDROGEN; LIPOPROTEINS; RESIDUES
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; LIPIDS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS