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Area Engineering
Search for alpha-tubulin inhibitors and their binding sites
keywords ALPHA TUBULIN, BINDING ENERGY, DOCKING, LIGAND BINDING, TUBULIN
Reference persons MARCO AGOSTINO DERIU, JACEK ADAM TUSZYNSKI
Research Groups 28- biomedica
Thesis type COMPUTATIONAL
Description Much is known about inhibitors of beta tubulin because this has been a traditional target for chemotherapy drug design. Much less is known about its partner isoform of tubulin, the alpha tubulin isotype. In this project, the student will search for confirm and putative inhibitors of alpha tubulin using both the existing literature and similarity searches.From docking of these compounds to the crystallographically-determined structure of alpha tubulin, their binding sites will be determined and binding affinities estimated. Finally,using bioinformatic analysis, similarities and differences between alpha tubulin and especially its binding sites will be found by comparing plant amino acid sequences to those for key mammalian species.
Required skills basic bioinformatics, docking, familiarity with MOE
Deadline 13/05/2025
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