Drug Repurposing on G Protein-Coupled Receptors Using a Computational Profiling Approach.

ABSTRACT: G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest human membrane receptor family regulating a wide range of cell signaling. For this reason, GPCRs are highly desirable drug targets, with approximately 40% of prescribed medicines targeting a member of this receptor family. The structural homology of GPCRs and the broad spectrum of applications of GPCR-acting drugs suggest an investigation of the cross-activity of a drug toward different GPCR receptors with the aim of rationalizing drug side effects, designing more selective and less toxic compounds, and possibly proposing off-label therapeutic applications. Herein, we present an original in silico approach named "Computational Profiling for GPCRs" (CPG), which is able to represent, in a one-dimensional (1D) string, the physico-chem

SUBMITTER: de Felice A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8138314 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature