
pmid: 24590727
X-ray crystallography is an invaluable technique in structure-based drug discovery, including fragment-based drug discovery, because it is the only technique that can provide a complete three dimensional readout of the interaction between the small molecule and its macromolecular target. X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques can be employed as the sole method for conducting a screen of a fragment library, or it can be employed as the final technique in a screening campaign to confirm putative "hit" compounds identified by a variety of biochemical and/or biophysical screening techniques. Both approaches require an efficient technique to prepare dozens to hundreds of crystals for data collection, and a reproducible way to deliver ligands to the crystal. Here, a general method for screening cocktails of fragments is described. In cases where X-ray crystallography is employed as a method to verify putative hits, the cocktails of fragments described below would simply be replaced with single fragment solutions.
Binding Sites, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Crystallography, X-Ray, Ligands, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Small Molecule Libraries, X-Ray Diffraction, Drug Discovery, Humans, Molecular Biology
Binding Sites, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Crystallography, X-Ray, Ligands, High-Throughput Screening Assays, Small Molecule Libraries, X-Ray Diffraction, Drug Discovery, Humans, Molecular Biology
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