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Grant Number: 1R21NS053714-01
Project Title: A High Capacity Screen for Membrane-Active Compound(RMI)
PI Information:NameEmailTitle
ENGELMAN, DONALD M. donald.engelman@yale.edu PROFESSOR

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Membrane proteins are the targets of a majority of all drugs. Many of these drugs bind deeply within the non-polar region of the membrane, where transmembrane helix (TM) interactions are a dominant factor in the stability and activity of target proteins. We have developed assays that might be useful in finding molecules that specifically influence TM-TM interactions, either strengthening or weakening the association of these key elements of structure. If such molecules can be found in screens, they will provide leads for the discovery of new pharmacological agents. To investigate this possibility, we will set up screens using important proteins that we have worked with and already know to interact through their TM domains: the PDGF receptor TM, the TM of the E5 protein from Papilloma virus, the interaction of PDGFR TM with E5, and the li TM from the MHC. We will test specificity by cross comparison among different targets, by positive and negative controls with Glycophorin A TM, and by TM mutational analysis of the most specific and effective hits, where it is expected that modification of a specific binding site will alter affinity and efficacy.

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Thesaurus Terms:
drug discovery /isolation, drug screening /evaluation, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, high throughput technology, membrane protein, protein protein interaction, technology /technique development
glycophorin, growth factor receptor, lipid bilayer membrane, major histocompatibility complex, membrane reconstitution /synthesis, platelet derived growth factor, recombinant protein, small molecule, synthetic peptide, virus protein
biotechnology, fluorescent dye /probe

Institution: YALE UNIVERSITY
47 COLLEGE STREET, STE 203
NEW HAVEN, CT 065208047
Fiscal Year: 2005
Department: MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS & BIOCHEM (MB&B)
Project Start: 30-SEP-2005
Project End: 31-AUG-2008
ICD: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE
IRG: ZNS1


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