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The Tubulin Colchicine Domain: a Molecular Modeling Perspective
Author(s) -
Massarotti Alberto,
Coluccia Antonio,
Silvestri Romano,
Sorba Giovanni,
Brancale Andrea
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemmedchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1860-7187
pISSN - 1860-7179
DOI - 10.1002/cmdc.201100361
Subject(s) - tubulin , context (archaeology) , computational biology , colchicine , domain (mathematical analysis) , drug discovery , computer science , biology , microtubule , bioinformatics , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics , genetics , paleontology , mathematical analysis
Computational approaches have been increasingly applied to drug design over the past three decades and have already provided some useful results in the discovery of anticancer drugs. Given the increased availability of crystal structures in recent years, a growing number of molecular modeling studies on tubulin have been reported. Herein we present a brief overview of the role played by computational methods in anti‐tubulin research, specifically in the context of colchicine binding agent research. An overview of current structures is reported, along with a brief discussion on the issues associated with the various tubulin isotypes. Finally, a summary of the most recent and relevant results is presented, highlighting the challenges and opportunities faced by researchers in this field.