How Reactive are Druggable Cysteines in Protein Kinases?

10 October 2017, Version 1
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Abstract

This manuscript presents our molecular dynamics simulations of kinase proteins. The pKa's of cysteine residues in the active sites were computed using molecular dynamics simulations in order to access their reactivity towards covalent-modifier drugs.

Keywords

kinase
pKa
protein
molecular dynamics
free energy perturbation
covalent modifier
irreversible inhibition
Michael addition
Chemistry

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