Protease and Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors: 3rd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2025 | Viewed by 142
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Interests: drug design; organic chemistry; molecular modelling; enzymology; metalloenzymes; carbonic anhydrases; GPCR; enzyme modulators; anticancer; antiinfectives; anti-inflammatory; anti-Alzheimer; multi-target directed ligands; spectroscopic studies; structure-based design; molecular dynamics
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Dear Colleagues,
Proteases and carbonic anhydrases are among the most widespread enzymes in organisms all over the phylogenetic tree, in which they play crucial physiological roles. Dysregulation of their activity is connected with many diseases, such as tumors, viral infections, blood coagulation disorders, digestive diseases, etc. Protease inhibitors targeting all classes of such known enzymes are widely used as antivirals (against HIV and hepatitis C infections), antithromodotics (targeting serine proteases involved in the blood coagulation cascade), whereas inhibitors of other proteases, such as matrix metalloproteinases, have found fewer applications due to their toxicity problems. Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, on the other hand, are used as antiglaucoma, antiepileptic, antiobesity, and as diuretic drugs, whereas newer applications target metastatic tumors, both for treatment and imaging, with one small molecule and one antibody in advanced clinical trials. Antiinfectives, based on inhibition of carbonic anhydrases from pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, have also begun to be investigated.
The present Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences welcomes contributions dealing with all aspects connected to the chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of this important class of enzyme inhibitors.
Dr. Alessio Nocentini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- carbonic anhydrase
- protease
- inhibitor
- antiviral drug
- antitumor drug
- drug design
- serine protease
- metalloprotease
- aspartic protease
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